The deep sea is filled with all manner of weird and wonderful creatures. Among them is a bizarre eel species with a giant mouth that has a remarkable resemblance to a pelican's beak. Dubbed the ...

Pelican Eel Seen Just After Eating in Costa Rica Deep Dive A team of researchers working off the coast of Costa Rica spotted a pelican eel that had “very recently eaten” while performing a Remote ...

A gulper eel, also known as the pelican eel, wows scientists with a rare display of its ability to inflate its mouth in an instant. No reporter narration.

The pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) is a type of gulper eel characterised by its large, pelican-like mouth, which can be longer than its body and is used to swallow prey whole. Found in the ...

Scientists exploring the depths off Hawaii this week encountered a bizarre-looking denizen that repeatedly changed shape and required several looks before an identification could be made. The ...

Far below the ocean's surface, in the dark depths of the deep sea floor ecosystem (about 3,000 feet or 1,000 meters deep), exists an entire world of deep sea creatures that humans rarely glimpse. It's ...

A large gray serpent-like eel with a large lump in its stomach swims through the dark ocean. Ocean explorers recently stumbled upon an extremely unusual sight in the Pacific's deep sea — a rare, ...

A team of research scientists has spent nearly four months aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, searching the Pacific Ocean for everything from shipwrecks to meteorites. But even these seasoned ...

A team of researchers working off the coast of Costa Rica spotted a pelican eel that had “very recently eaten” while performing a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) dive on June 20. Footage from the ...