National Geographic explained how the scientists who spotted this anglerfish — also referred to as the “black seadevil” for ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

While many shark species reside in the upper regions of the Earth’s oceans near the surface, there are some shark species ...

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...

The Japan Trench, a vast tectonic chasm along the Pacific Ring of Fire, is known for its extreme depth—stretching 5 miles ...

A rare, deep-sea fish washed ashore in Carlsbad last week and has since been turned over to biologists at the Scripps ...

Scientists found deep-sea shrimp evolved special vision to detect bioluminescent light and navigate their world.

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature ...

A rare oarfish, often tied to myths predicting earthquakes and tsunamis, has washed up on Playa Quemada beach in Lanzarote.

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.

[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...