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

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 ...

Keep reading to learn what his story is, including what happened after he reached the surface of the ocean, an absolute rarity for these deep ... these fish are basically the same size as fish you'd ...

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 ...

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 ...

Instead of swimming off, the fish did a “big, 15-foot loop and came back on ... This oarfish was just the latest high-profile incident of a deep-sea creature making a splash on the surface ...

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 ...

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 ...

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the ... was the diversity,” Whitney says. “We’ve got deep-sea fish, mid-ocean fish, and reef fish, all interacting at ...

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 ...