A rare oarfish, known as the "doomsday fish," was spotted in shallow waters off Baja California Sur, Mexico. Days earlier, a deep-sea anglerfish was filmed swimming in broad daylight off the Canary ...

"This study shows that deep-sea fishes, despite originating from very different branches of the fish tree of life, have evolved similar genetic adaptations to survive the harsh environment of the deep ...

Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium released 22 sea turtles that were found cold-stunned and stranded on Cape Cod back into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday. Mystic Aquarium rehabilitated 14 green sea ...

The main attraction in Seattle Aquarium’s new Ocean Pavilion is “The Reef,” a nearly-500,000-gallon-habitat filled with tropical species typically only seen in the Indo-Pacific ocean. (GeekWire Photo ...

It always pays to keep one eye on the ocean and one eye on the sand when you’re walking along the beach at the Oregon Coast, a lesson reinforced by some Cannon Beach beachcombers who discovered a rare ...

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 ...

Inspired by their round disc-like shape, ocean sunfish were given the nickname mola, which in Latin means “millstone”. In addition to their odd appearance and elusive behavior, ocean sunfish are known ...