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 ...

Young fish, still attached to their yolk sacs, wriggle in their nest on the Vancouver Island coast. This species, the plainfin midshipman, lives in the deep sea, but surfaces in the spring to mate ...

A rare deep-sea fish regarded as a harbinger of doom has washed up on a beach in the Canary Islands. The oarfish was discovered by beachgoers in Lanzarote on 10 February, sparking fears among the ...

The deep sea is not that productive, and you can understand why – there's very little sunlight, so the normal processes of growth in animals is very slow. They also live very long.

Study finds marine creatures off southern Australia share close evolutionary links with species in North Atlantic on other ...

A deep-sea fish species with unusual cheek patterns has been discovered in the South China Sea after it was listed on online seafood markets. The fish has been named Branchiostegus sanae because ...

Researchers are investigating whether tiny lanternfish play an outsized role in controlling fish life cycles and carbon ...

The fish was found at 200 to 2,000 meters below the surface. At least 16 types of recently discovered deep-sea fish are among the darkest creatures ever found, according to a study published ...

Most undergrads don't get the chance to work with museum-preserved specimens of deep sea anglerfish. Then again, Rose Faucher isn't most undergrads. "The fish world is actually pretty small, and ...