“As they got closer, they realized the creatures struggling in the shallow water were oarfish, a rare deep-sea species that ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

A new study offers the first direct evidence that deep-dwelling mesopelagic fish, which account for up to 94% of global fish biomass, excrete carbonate minerals at rates comparable to shallow-water ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Researchers exploring some of the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California have discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish. The animals were documented by ...

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

A surprising mystery has been uncovered off the coastlines of Britain’s Caribbean territories. The first expedition revealed an underwater mountain range, a massive blue hole, and coral ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A new species living at extreme ocean depths in Monterey Bay Canyon was discovered by researchers with Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Photographs and videos ...

In 2025, scientists at the California Academy of Sciences officially named 72 new species — beetles, sea slugs, fish, flowering plants, and a bird that has been hiding in plain sight in one of the ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

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 ...