Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

A new species of anglerfish, “Gigantactis paresca,” discovered by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers, was recently announced among the top 10 remarkable new marine species of 2024 by the ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

An undergraduate University of Hawai‘i researcher was working in a laboratory in 2022 when she came upon a peculiar looking ...

Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.

A New Zealand-based nonprofit announced the blobfish as the winner of its "Fish of the Year" vote, years after it was named ...

The vessels would stay at sea for months, with supply ships coming to deliver fuel and retrieve the ship’s catch – a common process in deep-sea fishing known as transshipment – leaving the ...

Blobfish are not listed as an endangered species, but human activity has caused an increased amount of danger to the fish's livelihood. Deep-sea fishing and bottom trawling, when a weighted ...

Once dubbed the world's ugliest animal for its soft, lumpy appearance, the blobfish has made a stunning comeback: it was ...