A deep-sea anglerfish was recently spotted swimming in broad daylight in the Canary Islands. The sighting is rare as the fish typically stays in the depths of the ocean below the sunlight zone. It’s ...

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

A new species of anglerfish found in a deep-sea mining zone has been listed among the top 10 new finds by the World Register of Marine Species. The researcher who found the new species hopes the ...

The deep sea is home to some of the most bizarre and horrifying creatures on Earth, but one of these elusive predators recently made a rare appearance near the ocean's surface. A humpback anglerfish ...

SAN DIEGO — CBS 8 is got a closer look at a rare deep-sea anglerfish after it washed ashore in Carlsbad last week. It's now been turned over to marine biologists at the Scripps Institution of ...

A groundbreaking Rice University study sheds light on the extraordinary evolution of anglerfish, a group of deep-sea dwellers whose bizarre adaptations have captivated scientists and the public alike.