It’s no wonder deep-sea ... vision-related genes, while others expanded genes for dim-light vision. Most fascinating of all was a mutation in a gene called rtf1 that was seen in nearly all the ...

The fish is only about six inches long. It also has a less scary alternative name: the humpback anglerfish. And why does this fellow look so unusual? The deep sea is “a very different ...

A team of researchers led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla has discovered a new species of fish ... given that more of the deep sea is being explored as ...

Video shows the remarkable and menacing-looking fish swimming out of its deep-sea depths in light-filled water, allowing it to be stunningly observed outside its pitch-black habitat. "It is a true ...

Miles below, a deep-sea fish approached the camera’s bait then, changing its mind, swam backward to escape. The footage ...

These strange and spiny creatures have perfected the art of deep-sea fishing with their dangly lures, but also open up a window into how evolution works in such an inhospitable and unexplored place.