Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest life forms thrive. These deep-sea creatures have evolved in total darkness ...

It's long been a staple on seafood menus and in frozen fish fillets at the grocery store. But dig a little deeper and orange roughy (also known as deep sea perch) is actually one of the most ...

Dive into the deep where sunlight fades and strange creatures rule the water. At 1500 feet below, every catch feels like a ...

Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with ...

Giant phantom jelly sightings are extremely rare, but recent footage shows this extraordinary deep-sea jellyfish in all its ...

Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at different rates depending on where the fishes live in the ocean, new ...

A new study offers the first direct evidence that deep-dwelling mesopelagic fish, which account for up to 94% of global fish biomass, excrete carbonate minerals at rates comparable to shallow-water ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive site and then descends. But on the morning of Dec. 30, the water was ...

A deep-sea anglerfish was recently spotted swimming in broad daylight in the Canary Islands. The sighting is rare as the fish typically stays in the depths of the ocean below the sunlight zone. It’s ...

By Liz Kimbrough A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, ...

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