The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...

Japan warns of a catastrophic megaquake along the Nankai Trough, with the potential to trigger massive tsunamis, destroy ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

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

A viral video of a rare oarfish surfacing in Mexico has reignited fears linked to Japanese folklore, which considers the deep ...

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

In the depths of the ocean, where there’s no sunlight and the pressure could crush a submarine, a handful of animals have ...

How far would you go for a good meal? For some of the ocean's top predators, maintaining a decent diet requires some ...

Deep-sea fish have developed unique adaptations to survive extreme pressure, low temperatures and almost complete darkness. These species adapt to extreme conditions through unique skeletal ...

A new species of anglerfish, “Gigantactis paresca,” discovered by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers, was recently ...