In late May 2026, a clip began circulating on social media that appeared to show something marine biologists have almost never witnessed: a black seadevil, Melanocetus johnsonii, drifting through ...

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 ...

The Stargazer fish, known for its creepy face and deadly ambush tactics, has electric organs capable of delivering up to 50 ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

When we think of marine life, we usually picture colorful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other ...

At the bottom of the world’s trenches, there’s a fish that shouldn’t exist. Here’s how it earned the title of the deepest-living fish on Earth. If you were to drop a camera into one of Earth’s ...

An oarfish — a super rare fish commonly referred to as the “doomsday fish” — recently washed ashore on a beach in Mexico, leaving beachgoers stunned. The fish typically surface when they are dead, ...