Fendouzhe, China's self-developed human occupied vehicle, operates in the seabed at Mariana Trench on Nov 8, 2021. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Relying on China's self-developed human ...

The hadal zone, defined as ocean regions deeper than 6,000 meters, remains one of Earth's least explored extreme environments. "Our research showed hadal zone microbes exhibit extraordinary novelty ...

Snailfish. P. Roetter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The newly discovered species, scientifically named Abyssus luminosa (meaning “luminous abyss”), represents a previously unknown genus of ...

The ocean depths remain one of Earth’s final frontiers, teeming with extraordinary life forms that defy imagination. Beyond the familiar dolphins, sharks, and colorful reef fish exists a realm of ...

A 5-foot-long fish known for its cannibal diet, spooky appearance and deep-sea hunting grounds was just spotted a long way from home!

The lancetfish is known as a "Twilight Zone" fish because the depths where it hunts are known as the twilight zone, or mesopelagic zone, according to NOAA. More facts about the lancetfish: ...

An strange deep-sea fish washed up on the Oregon shore recently, but it didn't surprise the fish nerds at the Seaside Aquarium. The crew at the aquarium were familiar with the fish, which had fanged ...

A scary-looking fish washed ashore on an Oregon beach. It came from the 'Twilight Zone,' what researchers call the ocean depths as much as a mile below the surface.

Not only are we proud that we've taken garbage out of the pond and hopefully helped the turtles and the fish. We're very aware that this is its own world. We visit another world every time we do this.

In fish living below 3,000 meters, the same mutation emerged not once, but at least nine times. It is, as evolutionary biologists call it, convergent evolution — nature arriving at the same ...

While some species came from the hadal zone, this study also included specimens found all the way up to 1,218 meters (nearly 4,000 feet), which is still considered “deep sea” by definition.