The dark brown snake moray really does not like sunlight. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 2, 2025 10:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...
The Hades’ snake moray (Uropterygius hades), a dark brown, slender snake moray eel, has chosen the road less traveled, thriving in dim and muddy river mouths, unlike most of its marine moray eel ...
In a murky river of southern Japan, a slimy creature with “pointed” teeth burrowed into the mud. Its shadowy habitat and cryptic looks helped it go largely unnoticed and, when occasionally found, be ...
According to the team, its small and sensitive eyes and lack of sensory pores on the head suggests it may rely on its senses of smell and taste–or chemoreception––to sense changes to the chemicals in ...
The Hades' snake moray (Uropterygius hades), a dark brown, slender snake moray eel, has chosen the road less traveled, ...
Scientists found a “rare” slimy creature hiding in “brackish water” of Japan and the Philippines and discovered a new species. Photo from Hirozumi Kobayashi via Huang, Hibino, Balisco and Liao (2024) ...
A new species of black, slender moray eel has chosen the road less traveled, thriving in dim and muddy river mouths, unlike most of its marine relatives. It is found across the Central Indo-Pacific, ...