For decades, the coelacanthexisted only in fossil records—until one turned up in a South African fishing net. It was 1938 ...

Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

The coelacanth, a 400-million-year-old ancient fish, was assumed to be extinct until its rediscovery in 1938, revealing the ...

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

For years, scientists felt like the fish they were watching watched them back. A new study suggests they can recognize a ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep ... a giant sea cucumber dubbed the "gummy squirrel". Campaigners say this ...

Inside deep-sea coral ... a bright red sea creature known as Sebastapistes monospina, or the tropical single-spined scorpionfish, was identified as a new species. Found in shallow coral and ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

The decidedly unattractive creature dominated the competition in the contest run by Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, ...