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

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

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

Up to two-thirds of the fish caught never reach the dinner table. SINTEF researcher Line Skontorp Meidell wants to fix that.

An undergraduate University of Hawai‘i researcher was working in a laboratory in 2022 when she came upon a peculiar looking ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

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

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.

The vessels would stay at sea for months, with supply ships coming to deliver fuel and retrieve the ship’s catch – a common process in deep-sea fishing known as transshipment – leaving the ...

Once dubbed the world's ugliest animal for its soft, lumpy appearance, the blobfish has made a stunning comeback: it was ...