The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

How far would you go for a good meal? For some of the ocean's top predators, maintaining a decent diet requires some ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

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

A New Zealand-based nonprofit announced the blobfish as the winner of its "Fish of the Year" vote, years after it was named ...

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