"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...

Beachgoers were shocked to discover an oarfish — a creature whose appearance, according to folklore, can be a good omen or a harbinger of doom.

By Victor Mather Strange things live in the depths of the ocean ... fish there are partly luminescent to attract prey. They are omnivores, making up for the lack of food at those depths by having ...

The species of marine ray-finned fish is found in the deep sea and measures up to 44cm, reports What's The Jam. While their appearance is certainly unique, it appears to have undergone some ...

Something unusual is happening in the oceans. Strange deep-sea creatures are surfacing, and marine life is behaving ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface lies a world of perpetual darkness, home to some of Earth’s most bizarre and fascinating ...

big teeth," Frable said. "A lot of that is because the deep sea is a pretty difficult environment to live in.” These rare fish had never been spotted on the surface of the ocean until recently ...

The video has provoked an enormously empathetic response on social media, with some seeing the fish as a feminist icon or an Icarus-like figure who swam too close to the Sun. The reaction shows our ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... paid for by those who can afford it. A rare deep-sea fish regarded as a harbinger of doom has washed up on a ...

To them, it’s an area of the open ocean where most fish live – depths of 650 to 3,200 feet. Little is known about this part of the ocean because it’s so big, deep and hard to explore. One group of ...