A deep-sea anglerfish was recently spotted swimming in broad daylight in the Canary Islands. The sighting is rare as the fish typically stays in the depths of the ocean below the sunlight zone. It’s ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean’s midnight zone with a large gelatinous hood and ...

From a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean, scientists watched the feeds of several cameras sitting on the seafloor. Miles below, a deep-sea fish approached the camera’s bait then, changing its mind, ...

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When you think of great swimmers, animals like dolphins, fish, or penguins probably come to mind. But the animal kingdom is full of surprises, and many creatures you’d never expect to navigate well ...

A black seadevil anglerfish has captured − and broken − hearts across the globe after the small deep-sea creature swam to the surface in Spain's Canary Islands just before dying. A TikTok user, ...