Phyllidia ovata and Phyllidia fontjei were collected by scuba divers during expeditions between 2015 and 2017 in the North ...

Anuar Patjane provides an intimate look at this wondrous place in Underwater Realm, a series of gorgeous black and white photos of sharks, whales and other amazing creatures. Patjane first dove in ...

From above, the black back matches the dark surface of the sea. The shape of the boundary between the black and white also helps break up the outline of the orca, making it appear smaller to its prey.

Boaters got “lucky enough” to spot a plethora of sea creatures off the coast of California, spotting multiple species in one ...

In new research published in Current Biology on Thursday, scientists looked at 16 species of deep sea animals that can absorb more than 99.5 percent of visible light directed at them, making them ...

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans. Black seadevil anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) are deep-sea ...

His work highlights the way these animals live together in the White Sea, the only inland sea that freezes annually. In general, he says, we know very little about the rich life in the seas.

For starters, it's pitch black at such depths. Sunlight penetrates no farther than a few hundred feet down, leaving the deep-sea floor as dark as the deepest cave.

A variety of deep sea fish can absorb almost all the light emitted by other deep sea bioluminescent creatures. Here's how they do it. By Daisy Hernandez Published: Jul 27, 2020 5:42 PM EDT ...

Careful measurements in the laboratory confirmed why cameras could not capture their features: Many of the black fish found in the deep sea absorbed more than 99.5% percent of the light that hit their ...