At first glance, it looks like something straight out of a horror movie. Pale, translucent, and equipped with eerie glowing ...

The footage also revealed a rake-like barbel projecting from the fish's body.

For the first known time, a team of scientists in China filmed a strange, shrimp-like fish walking backward along the seafloor. The fish, Scalicus engyceros, is a species of armored searobin, a group ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. orange roughy fish on ice at market - Fotokon/Shutterstock It's long been a staple on seafood menus and in frozen fish fillets at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: ICAR-CMFRI A newly identified deep-sea fish surfaced off India's southwest coast, giving scientists a clearer ...

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 ...

From the left side of the screen, a thin, long arm reaches out. On the right, there is a red fish with large eyes. It looks as if the fish is targeting prey, or perhaps as if the owner of the arm is ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme environment—particularly in the hadal zone at depths greater than 6,000 ...

A newly described species of ghost shark, Rhinochimaera costaricana, has been identified from deep waters off Costa Rica using both physical characteristics and genetic evidence.

Behold, the latest in deep-sea fashion: An unfortunate fish sporting parasitic copepods as pigtails. An international team of scientists affiliated with the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Woods Hole ...

Marine biologists have discovered a new species in the Pacific Ocean’s deepest waters. But unlike most bottom feeders, these tiny fish are unexpectedly cute. The bumpy snailfish, or Careproctus ...