Meet the telescopefish, a ghostly predator with tubular eyes and a jaw that unhinges to swallow prey larger than itself.

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 ...

Meet the Atlantic wolffish, green humphead parrotfish, and other unusual species with extraordinary adaptations.

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme environment—particularly in the hadal zone at depths greater than 6,000 ...

After decades of eluding human detection, a deep-sea fish with a transparent skull has finally been captured on camera. This remarkable creature offers fresh insights into the unique biology of ...

Scientists have discovered Chile’s red cusk-eel living deep inside methane seeps - chemical oases once thought too extreme ...

A California woman was walking her dog on Grandview Beach in Encinitas when she came across a very rare, deep-sea fish. Alison Laferriere, who happens to be a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of ...

Emily Miller and her friends had planned for a relaxing day of kayaking in La Jolla last weekend — a reunion of sorts for the former roommates. But when they reached La Jolla Cove, the kayakers — most ...

The lines drop over a thousand feet into Jamaica’s deep blue, where true ocean giants lurk. Every pull from the depths could ...

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 ...