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 ...

For the unversed, a deep-sea angler fish typically lives in depths of up ... and @vidamarina.tenerife recorded spectacular and unusual images of the animal." They further added how an angler ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

According to the California Academy of Sciences, the Pacific footballfish is one of more than 300 living species of anglerfish, a deep-sea fish. The question of how the fish washed up ashore ...

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

A viral video of a rare oarfish surfacing in Mexico has reignited fears linked to Japanese folklore, which considers the deep-sea creature a harbinger of natural disasters like earthquakes and ...

It's a world full of organisms with unique adaptations to such a challenging ... squid and crustaceans. This is the only fish that produces red bioluminescence Many deep-sea creatures give out blue ...

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

Some sea lamprey populations have become landlocked and represent serious pests to fishing industries. Adult lampreys parasitically attach themselves to other fish, sucking out their body fluids ...

The strange fish had a unique face with a protruding ... However, a younger colleague knowledgeable about fish species said it might be a deep-sea North Pacific crestfish, aka unicornfish.

Whales and commercially valuable fish such as tuna rely on animals in this zone for food. But this unique ecosystem faces an unprecedented ... mining companies are turning their attention to the deep ...