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

But his newest find, a smooth lumpsucker, has stolen the spotlight. Perched on the railing of his ship, the fish’s swollen, ...

It stands in stark contrast to the fate of the deep-sea blobfish Psychrolutes marcidus, which in 2013 was voted the world’s ugliest animal. Perhaps the name is a clue: people have seen in the fish a ...

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory ...

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island. By Victor Mather Strange things live in the depths of the ocean. Even the ...

Many otherworldly deep-sea creatures, though, are so beautiful and mysterious that you won't believe they exist. Even in the ...

The article introduces various animals with names and appearances reminiscent of horror fiction. These creatures, ranging ...

The marine photographer who captured the footage said it could be the world's first recorded sighting of a black seadevil ...

The fisherman, whose name Hayes did not know ... said the sightings of the deep-sea creatures are probably coincidental, and that it would take the fish washing up in far greater numbers to ...

A deepwater fish new to science has been named after San, the warrior princess from Studio Ghibli's landmark animated film Princess Mononoke, due to its striking facial markings. The new species, ...