Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern ...
The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of ...
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 ...
A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that ...
The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...
Chilean devil rays swim in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores. Reinhard Dirscherl / ullstein bild via Getty Images There’s only one word for it: indescribable. “It’s one of those awesome experiences ...
Deep-sea fish have evolved ultra-black skin to absorb nearly all light, rendering them invisible to predators that use ...
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 ...