Anoplogaster cornuta and other ultra-black fish were found to absorb 99.5 percent of all light that hits them, thanks to the melanin in their skin Karen Osborn, Smithsonian 3 / 6 ...

is one of the species of black fish that absorb almost all of the light that hits their surfaces, according to a study by Smithsonian and Duke University scientists. This fish uses a ...

A team of marine biologists has discovered 16 species of "ultra-black" fish that absorb more than 99% of the light that hits their skin, making them virtually invisible to other deep-sea fish.

“It’s nearly impossible to get good photographs of these really black deep sea fish. They seem to suck up all the light no matter how you set up your flashes or camera settings,” she say ...

Birds of Paradise, which live mostly in Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia, have ultra-black feathers that absorb around 99.95 percent of light, similar to these deep-sea fish. Meanwhile ...

Using different tests, modeling and comparisons to other cold-blooded animals, the scientists found that black fish absorbed more than 99.5% of the light that hit their skin — in other words ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology last year reported a material that reflects only 0.005 percent of light. The ultra-black fish aren’t quite that black, but they may well be the blackest ...

Photograph by Sonke Johnsen To absorb all that light, it's not enough to have tons of black pigment, Johnsen says. The key is the skin's surface. If a fish's skin is simple and smooth, light ...