Speckled sea trout, also known as spotted sea trout, are a popular inshore gamefish species found across the eastern and southern coasts. While they resemble their freshwater cousins in looks, these ...

Kerri Yare was running along Primrose Sands Beach in Tasmania—an island state off Australia’s southeastern coast—when she made a fascinating and unexpected wildlife discovery. She noticed a very ...

Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the ...

The fish was found at 200 to 2,000 meters below the surface. At least 16 types of recently discovered deep-sea fish are among the darkest creatures ever found, according to a study published Thursday.

Many of the fish lurking in the depths of the ocean resemble the alien villains of horror films, with gargantuan teeth, glow-in-the-dark bodies and bulging eyeballs. But why do these fish have such ...

Shadowing behavior displayed by blue runner fish hiding below a sandbar shark before attacking prey. Lampione island, Central Mediterranean sea, 11 July 2022. Credit: Rocco Canella. Disclaimer: AAAS ...

Shadowing behavior displayed by blue runner fish hiding below a sandbar shark before attacking prey. Lampione island, Central Mediterranean sea, 11 July 2022. Credit: Rocco Canella. Scientists have ...

From a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean, scientists watched the feeds of several cameras sitting on the seafloor. Miles below, a deep-sea fish approached the camera’s bait then, changing its mind, ...