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 ...

The deep sea is home to some of the weirdest creatures on Earth, from ghostly elder fish to carnivorous harp sponges.

Deep-sea fish, a group of inhabitants of the most light-deprived and harsh environments on our planet, have been discovered ...

Scientists have identified the bumpy snailfish and two other new deep-sea species, discovered during MBARI dives in Monterey ...

The adorable fish has garnered attention, but the study also describes two other fish that were discovered in the deep waters.

The bumpy snailfish, discovered 10,000 feet down off the coast of California, shows that not all denizens of the abyss are ...

You will have a hard time finding anyone who finds deep-sea creatures cute. Most people find those skeletal, ghostly, ...

Researchers have discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish off the coast of California, including the bumpy ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...

In the evergreen forests of Vietnam, researchers identified two new species of assassin bugs, Epidaus batxatensis and Epidaus konkakinhensis. These “large” bugs are known for their predatory behavior, ...

We turn now to the ocean with NPR's Short Wave podcast. This story plays out in the midnight zone, which is 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface... (SOUNDBITE OF SUBMARINE MOVING) MA: ...Even ...

When the submarine plunged to about 1,500 meters below sea level, ecologist Jeff Drazen asked the pilots to cut the strobe lights that had been guiding them through the pitch-black waters. For a ...