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 ...

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

Scientists are learning how these "super black fish," a catch-all term for dark deep-sea creatures, make their bodies effectively disappear. (Read about a fish that lives a record-breaking five ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Deep-sea creatures like the black sea devil remain some of the most mysterious life forms on the planet. In 2014, a group of divers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI ...