These rare deep-sea fish have a horrifying appearance with large mouths and lots of teeth to catch prey in the deep ocean.

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Scientists found deep-sea shrimp evolved special vision to detect bioluminescent light and navigate their world.

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...

The closures followed goals laid out in the E.U.’s Deep-Sea Access Regulation, enacted in 2017, which banned bottom trawling for deep-sea species below 800 meters and required the protection of known ...

Despite its eerie reputation, the fish is rarely observed, even in its natural deep-sea habitat. Scientists are still debating why the anglerfish was seen near the surface, far from its usual deep ...

The phenomenon of 'dark oxygen,' whereby deep-sea metallic nodules generate oxygen without sunlight, is reshaping our ...