The vampire squid is a small deep-sea creature that lives in low-oxygen tropical and temperate oceans. It survives using ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Transparent-faced fish drift through dusky waters. Snowlike flecks of dead plants sift down from ...

Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the ...

Mesopelagic fish, living hundreds of meters below the surface, play a quiet but powerful role in carbon cycling.

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 ...

Anglerfish are among the ocean’s most bizarre creatures. This group of deep-sea dwellers are best known for the bioluminescent lures dangling from their foreheads to attract predators, but they ...

This terrifying deep-sea fish is typically found at depths of 200 to 2,000 meters and is rarely seen alive. Condrik – Tenerife, an NGO conducting a shark research expedition, made the sighting.

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 ...

An international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ...

Life & Culture Social media ‘sobbing’ over deep-sea fish: ‘I have no one to talk about it’ Published: Feb. 19, 2025, 5:00 a.m.

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 ...

When deep-sea fish are brought to the surface, gases inside their bodies expand, causing bloating. This condition, known as "barotrauma," often leads to the fish being left to die.