After reading about the new scaleless fish species discovered in a Chinese cave, dive into the story of the footballfish, the ...

A new species of spined loach, officially named the Cobitis beijingensis, has been discovered in the Beijing area for the first time in over 40 years. This is the first time a fish species has been ...

Relying on China's self-developed human occupied vehicle (HOV) Fendouzhe, Chinese scientists have completed an exploration of the hadal zone, the deepest part of the ocean floor, and identified 7,564 ...

The scaleless animal may look like any other fish species, but researchers noted it had “significantly larger eyes” than other similar fish they had seen before. This was a new species.

Xu Xun, director of BGI-Research, emphasized the importance of the research in redefining human understanding of deep-sea life and the responsibility it entails. The studies unveil not only secrets of ...

DNA found the new species had at least 6% genetic divergence from other related fish species. The research team included Zhi-Xian Qin, Ye-Wei Liu, Si-Yu Zhang, Jing-Song Shi, Li-Na Du and Jia-Jun ...