The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth's strangest creatures.

Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

The ocean is home to a vast array of different animals, each with its own traits. These include different forms of mating, ...

We opened a window into our country’s biodiversity only to find there are so many more windows left to be opened.” ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified a new type of visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae that challenges a century of knowledge about ...

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 ...

More than a million giant skate eggs are discovered incubating in the heat of an underwater Pacific Ocean volcano.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists sampled fish living in the Pacific's Mariana Trench and trenches in the Indian Ocean. ...

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fisheries biologists urge anglers chasing big bass, particularly those fishing in and over ...