The gulper eel in the video is likely a juvenile, the researchers said, given its small size. Adults can reach 3 feet. Nautilus Live is the brainchild of Robert Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic ...

The black gulper was our favorite. Forget whales and sharks and octopuses (much too common). When my husband or I used to read one particular bedtime book to our children, the highlight on one of ...

The black blob inside the gulper eel’s translucent body is the animal’s gut, which is opaque to block the bioluminescent prey the eels eat from attracting other predators.

In it, a limbless, slithery, black creature that looks like it swallowed a beach ball can be seen hovering above the sea floor. After about a minute, ... they conclude that it's a gulper eel.

Pelican eel: The midnight zone 'gulper' with a giant mouth to swallow animals bigger than itself The Mariana Trench is home to some weird deep sea fish, and they all have the same, unique mutations ...

The pelican eel, also known as a gulper eel, measures about 3.3 feet (1 m) long and has deep black skin that absorbs nearly all light, making it practically invisible in the dark depths of the ocean.

In a strange, underwater video, a black mass drifts toward the camera. It's made up of a dark, spherical blob up front and a long, thin tail in the back. And it wriggles.

Researchers in Costa Rica spotted a gulper eel, also known as pelican eel, with an expanded stomach after it ate a good meal. Anastasiia Riddle Anastasiia Riddle, Storyful.

Wonderfully ugly in its prehistoric appearance, the black gulper was the best-loved animal in a best-loved book. Characterized by its oversized, pelican-like mouth, eel body, lighted tail ...