Anglerfish is a species about which little is known. But, after a deceased one washed up on a West Coast beach, fascination ...

the anglerfish’s reproductive process involves a tiny male battling for his survival by merging completely with a much larger female. This fascinating adaptation highlights the bizarre and unique life ...

The deep-sea anglerfish, an iconic marvel of the ocean’s mysterious ... anglerfish have evolved a fascinating method of ensuring reproduction. The much smaller male anglerfish, upon finding a female, ...

Species range from the tiniest anglerfish to the massive whale shark ... Saltwater fish live in the shallows, reefs, on the seafloor, in the deep sea, trenches, and virtually anywhere else in the ...

Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.

Behold, the latest in deep-sea fashion: An unfortunate fish sporting parasitic copepods as pigtails. An international team of scientists affiliated with the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Woods ...

Some deep-sea mining companies have faced significant financial struggles due to the delay, with one company going bankrupt and another slashing costs; yet, other firms remain optimistic ...

Nations are currently negotiating a “road map” that would govern any potential deep-sea mining in international waters. If the U.S. were to move forward with plans to support mining in the ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change ...

In January 2024, Norway surprised the world with the announcement it planned to open its waters for exploratory deep-sea mining, the first nation to do so. If all went to plan, companies would be ...

Watching the deep sea can often feel like sci-fi. But a recent video from the ocean’s depths has stunned even seasoned scientists — showing two parasites firmly attached to a fish’s head ...