The bumpy snailfish is one of three newly identified deep-sea snailfish species described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY ...

Strange occurrences in the oceans have caught the attention of scientists and the public alike. Uncommon deep-sea creatures ...

A newly described species of deep-sea fish has emerged from the shadows of a Soviet scientific expedition—36 years after it ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island. By Victor Mather Strange things live in the depths of the ocean. Even the light of ...

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 its ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Some specimens of the jellyfish subspecies Botrynema brucei ellinorae have knobs on their bells ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

Researchers inside a deep-sea vehicle collected sea cucumbers from the seafloor, then discovered two new species. Jong Marshes via Unsplash Off the western coast of Australia, the Wallaby-Zenith ...

Abyssal plains are flat expanses of muddy sediment found at depths of 1.9 to 3.7 miles (3 to 6 km) in the ocean's abyssal zone — the layer above the hadal zone. Creatures on these plains have evolved ...