Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

The ocean is home to a vast array of different animals, each with its own traits. These include different forms of mating, ...

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fisheries biologists urge anglers chasing big bass, particularly those fishing in and over ...

Researchers have identified a new type of visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae that challenges a century of knowledge about ...

A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that ...

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 ...

Oarfish can grow longer than 20 feet and normally live in a deep part of the ocean called the mesopelagic zone, where light cannot reach. A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found ...

A deep-sea fish species with unusual cheek patterns has been discovered in the South China Sea after it was listed on online seafood markets. The fish has been named Branchiostegus sanae because its ...

For several years now, one question has held the key to understanding just how much we should worry about the hundreds of tons of DDT that had been dumped off the coast of Los Angeles: How, exactly, ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of ...