Ropes and equipment used in fishing and aquaculture are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and litter along the ...

In Japanese folklore, appearances of these elusive marine creatures dubbed ‘doomsday fish’ are believed to foreshadow ...

An oarfish, a super rare creature commonly referred to as the “doomsday fish,” washed ashore on a beach in Mexico, leaving ...

A huge oarfish washed up near La Paz in Baja California Sur in 2020. Credit: Fernando Cavalin. On a sunlit beach in Lanzarote ...

Beachgoers were shocked to discover an oarfish — a creature whose appearance, according to folklore, can be a good omen or a harbinger of doom.

A newly discovered deepwater tilefish, Branchiostegus sanae, has been named after San from Princess Mononoke due to its unique facial markings. Researchers confirmed its new-species status through ...

"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...

Another deep-sea dweller washed up on a Carlsbad beach this week and its body now joins millions of other rare specimens being preserved for research at a lab in San Diego.

Rare deep-sea ‘doomsday fish’ washes up on Canary Islands coast - The oarfish – regarded as a harbinger of doom – was ...

A rarely seen oarfish struggling in shallow waters was spotted off Mexico's coast, sparking curiosity and concern. The ...

A team of researchers in the Canary Islands has captured rare footage of a black seadevil anglerfish, a deep-sea species ... between 650 and 6,500 feet. The fish was filmed by wildlife ...

While some are tests of playing tricks with our vision, others are tests of our attention ability. There has been a new optical illusion that has recently become popular—identifying missing or ...