A viral video of a rare oarfish surfacing in Mexico has reignited fears linked to Japanese folklore, which considers the deep ...

Japan warns of a catastrophic megaquake along the Nankai Trough, with the potential to trigger massive tsunamis, destroy ...

Scientists have shared footage from a rare sighting of a bluntnose sixgill shark spotted near the Phoenix Islands in the ...

A small fish only known to the Red Sea, V. mabahiss lives deep underwater and is seldom encountered by people, so much so that it has no common name. The findings from this study will provide ...

Tracing the evolution of deep-sea fishes, the researchers' analysis revealed that the eight lineages of fish species studied entered the deep-sea environment at different times: The earliest ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the biological production of light -- is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring prey, communication, and ...

Roman Fedortsov, a Russian fisherman, shared a video of a strange-looking fish he pulled from the depths, sparking quite a ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...