So, blobfish don’t really look like melting ice cream in their natural environment. Underwater, they’re shaped like tadpoles: ...

The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

A new species of anglerfish, “Gigantactis paresca,” discovered by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers, was recently announced among the top 10 remarkable new marine species of 2024 by the ...

The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet below the ocean surface and sustains life across our ...

But we can build a robot that moves like a fish and optimize it,” Cerdeira said in a statement. Tuna-inspired design. State-of-the-art unmanned under ...

Once dubbed the world's ugliest animal for its soft, lumpy appearance, the blobfish has made a stunning comeback: it was ...

The decidedly unattractive creature dominated the competition in the contest run by Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, ...

Tracing the evolution of deep-sea fishes, the researchers' analysis revealed that the eight lineages of fish species studied entered the deep-sea environment at different times: The earliest ...