A mysterious deep-sea fish known for having a serpent-like body and sharp fang-like teeth washed up on a Seaside beach April 22. The Seaside Aquarium received a call about a barracuda-like fish that ...

It's long been a staple on seafood menus and in frozen fish fillets at the grocery store. But dig a little deeper and orange roughy (also known as deep sea perch) is actually one of the most ...

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, ...

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 ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the ...

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 ...