Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's Fish of the Year in a competition created by the conservation nonprofit ...

They were able to correlate this to oceanographic conditions in the Pacific Ocean, such as sea surface ... t tell us about ...

By Edward Carver Fishing vessels can often work long periods at sea without coming to port, thanks to the practice of ...

At a glance, the scorpionfish from the South Pacific Ocean “closely” resembled a species in Japan ... the study said. The fish were found in “shallow coral and rocky reef environments ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

Pacific oysters are adapting to less salty waters and may soon spread into the Baltic Sea, aided by warmer seas and genetic ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich ... Researchers are scrambling to name thousands of these newly discovered species. The mining industry is pushing ...