Males are very territorial about their homes because ... Living in depths between 2,297 and 9,006 feet, this deep-sea fish is ...

A new species of anglerfish, “Gigantactis paresca,” discovered by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers, was recently ...

Once dubbed the world's ugliest animal for its soft, lumpy appearance, the blobfish has made a stunning comeback: it was crowned this week as Fish of the Year by a New Zealand environmental group. The ...

The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...

Scientists say they've captured the first footage of a living colossal squid in the deep sea. The colossal squid ... a dead colossal squid caught by a fishing vessel. "This is honestly one of ...

This is the deep sea—a realm of mystery and wonder, but also a place now facing the looming shadow of human ambition. With ...

Most of what’s known about the deep-sea painted swellshark, was learned when researchers found specimens in the fish markets ...

Tracing the evolution of deep-sea fishes, the researchers' analysis revealed that the eight lineages of fish species studied entered the deep-sea environment at different times: The earliest ...