Deep beneath the ocean’s surface lives a creature so strange that it looks more like an alien than a fish. With oversized ...

This fish’s adult maximum size is around 40 cm (15 in) Deep-sea fisherman discovers unusual "alien" fish on sandy surface. Image credits: Alexander Shienok / GBIF (Not the actual photo) They’re not ...

The ocean is full of some incredibly odd creatures. It feels like the further you go down, the stranger and more alien-like they become. With so many interesting creatures, it makes you wonder, what ...

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, yet we’ve explored less than 5% of it. Below the sunlit waves lies an alien world of crushing pressure, eternal darkness, and bone-chilling cold ...

Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with mid-sized fish such as the bigscale pomfret, which live deep during the ...

The next breakthrough in medical implants could come from a terrifying, needle-fanged fish lurking ...

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 ...