Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at ...

New research shows how deep-sea fish evolved unique body shapes depending on depth and habitat, revealing surprising ...

The deep sea, a realm of perpetual darkness, crushing pressure, and cold temperatures, is home to some of the most unusual ...

A standout discovery was this new predatory sponge. Its spherical form is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey.

Marine researchers on a mission to record life hidden in the world's oceans have reported they found about 100 potential new species - including one mystery starlike creature. The expedition team ...

Humans don’t need to blast off into space to find some truly alien-looking wonders. The deepest depths of our ocean are like ...

In the darkness of the deep ocean, where pressure crushes and light fails, an expedition has found an astonishing array of ...

A long-term deep-sea experiment revealed that a crucial species failed to appear where it should have thrived. In many horror films, the most unsettling moments come from creatures that can't always ...

New deep-sea limpet species, Pectinodonta nautilus, found on a sunken log near Johnston Atoll, nearly 8,000 feet deep.

A routine marine survey near the island of Cabrera, just south of Mallorca, turned into a breakthrough moment when scientists ...

In recent weeks, TikTok has been joking and/or weeping over the fate of the Bathypterois grallator, or the tripod fish. It ...

An ambitious mission aims to protect one of the Mediterranean’s last great frontiers: Caprera Canyon, a vast underwater valley off Sardinia’s coast.