When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

This bizarre-looking fish may seem otherworldly, but every part of its design solves a real problem: how to see, hunt and ...

Lurking in the depths of the ocean are countless species that have never been seen by humans before. As part of a project to ...

A research expedition into the Coral Sea has uncovered more than 110 previously unknown fish species and invertebrates, with ...

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can’t reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more ...

Scientists discovered 24 new deep-sea species, including one from a completely new branch of life in the Pacific Ocean.

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

New research shows why some shelly critters flourished in the ocean’s harshest habitats — and others didn’t Jack Tamisiea Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea ...

Thousands of feet down off the coast of Japan swam a pink sea creature with “dark yellow eggs.” Out of the shadows, something encircled it and pulled it to the surface. Sifting through their catch, ...