The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

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Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

For years, scientists felt like the fish they were watching watched them back. A new study suggests they can recognize a ...

Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed ...

Rhythmic clicks, grunts and roars fill the Año Nuevo Island Reserve in California, home to a large breeding colony of ...

Researchers urge stronger protections like fishing limits and habitat conservation to prevent further decline in shark ...

Photographer David Jara Boguna filmed a humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii, a species of black seadevil) swimming ...

Right now, it’s unknown whether hundreds of fish species are threatened ... “When we get into the deep sea, we're discovering new species. By nature, they are typically only found in very ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...