While it's very true that, as the great Ian Malcolm once said, "life finds a way," that way can sometimes veer quite far off ...

We visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) to see underwater machines and explore the process behind collecting videos. ... Like the barreleye fish and its translucent head.

The Barreleye fish is a fascinating creature that lives in the ocean's twilight zone, between 2,000 to 2,600 feet - and its upward-pointing eyes can rotate when needed ...

This creepy creature, known as the barreleye fish, lives in depths of up to 1km in the northern Pacific Ocean, where the light rarely touches Credit: 2004 MBARI. 5.

That is what the incredible barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) can do. Moreover, a transparent head is not the only impressive adaptation that this fish has to help it thrive in our oceans.

The deep oceans are full of extraordinary creatures, adapted to the cold, frigid environment — but few are as striking as the barreleye fish. After all, a fish with a transparent head and two ...

MBARI also posted a compilation of owlfish footage with close-up shots in an Instagram reel.In the comments, @royreed7 ...

MBARI wants to better organize our ocean visuals by using artificial intelligence, expert knowledge, ... The barreleye fish is the living version of the galaxy-brain meme. MBARI.

“Monterey Bay is the best studied patch of deep ocean in the world,” said Bruce Robison, senior scientist at MBARI. “And yet we're still finding new stuff. Think what else is out there in ...