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 ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and ...

An "odd-looking" deep-sea fish recently washed ashore on an Oregon beach to the surprise of a local aquarium. The Seaside Aquarium in Seaside, Oregon, published pictures of the dead fish in an April ...

A strange deep-sea fish caught in 1989 off the coast of Antarctica has officially been identified as a new species after spending nearly forty years unnoticed in a Russian museum archive. Named ...

“I saw this amazing, cool, spectacular, rare fish while diving in Monterey," Judah wrote online.

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

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 ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme environment—particularly in the hadal zone at depths greater than 6,000 ...