Some of the world’s most fascinating creatures live underwater. And unlike the more mainstream animals under the sea — ...

It’s a pretty appropriate name given where H. hades lives; the trench extends down to the hadal zone, itself named after ...

A shimmery deep-sea creature measuring almost 5 feet mysteriously washed ashore on an Oregon beach. Now, researchers get a chance to learn more about the lancetfish. The big-eyed fish with sharp ...

Birch Aquarium visitors can see the 11-foot oarfish that was found near Leucadia last November. The new limited-time, ...

Therefore sea pigs - and other deep-sea creatures - can look very different on the surface than they do in their natural habitat. The sea pig, for example, is typically more uniform when crawling ...

For years, tales of giant squids roaming the ocean depths lived mostly in folklore and maritime legends — dismissed as mythological ... dead specimens snagged by deep-sea fishing vessels. These rare ...

Human eyes have only seen a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the areas of the world that are covered by deep water. Scientists ...

Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.

SAN DIEGO — San Diego residents can now come face-to-face with the serpent of the sea, the Oarfish ... deeper appreciation for them—not as mythical creatures, but as remarkable living beings ...