Fish, of course, are not humans, but they allow a fair comparison, Salinas said. And her work suggests that if fish have ...

A new study on anglerfish evolution reveals how these deep-sea creatures adapted to the extreme bathypelagic zone, achieving ...

Researchers report they have recently described a pale, ghostly blue damselfish living in the deep-sea reefs of the Maldives.

A photo collage shared on Facebook by Fish in the News shows the two new species. The left-hand photos show Rian’s vampire crabs. From above, the crabs almost look like they’re smiling because of a ...

The animal’s identify was a source of confusion for 150 years. Now, scientists think they’ve settled the debate.

More than two dozen people were rescued and a more than a dozen remained missing Monday after Egyptian authorities said a tourist boat sank off the Red Sea coast during early morning hours.

A California woman was walking her dog on Grandview Beach in Encinitas when she came across a very rare, deep-sea fish. Alison Laferriere, who happens to be a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution ...

In 2025 the focus of concern may shift southward. In the South China Sea, long-running friction over disputed rocks and reefs has escalated into dramatic clashes at sea. They have mostly occurred ...

The remains of the longest bony fish in the world, the rare deep-sea oarfish, have washed up on California shores only 22 times in the past 123 years. Now, three have washed up in just the past ...

The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow up to 30 feet, according to Ocean Conservancy. After doctoral candidate ...

The collection is one of the largest of deep-sea fish in the world, according to Scripps. Oarfish are often described as “sea serpents,” Scripps notes, and the species’ long “ribbon-like ...

European officials are looking toward Russia after two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea were suddenly disrupted in an apparent sabotage operation, just weeks after the United States ...