Answer: Blobfish are real, and they’re spectacular. But notably, they don’t look like the images you’ve seen when they’re in their natural habitat!

Beneath the icy waters of the Antarctic, scientists have uncovered a chilling new threat lurking in the deep. Parasitic ...

Freelance journalist Sofia Quaglia, a 2023 award winner of the National Academies’ Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for ...

Eco Thrift in Sacramento isn’t just a thrift store – it’s a treasure-hunting expedition, a sustainability mission, and a ...

A mysterious deep-sea fish known for having a gaping mouth and sharp fang-like teeth washed up on this Oregon Coast beach.

A strange video from the South Atlantic Ocean showed parasites on a deep-sea fish. These parasites, Lophoura szidati copepods, looked like they had pigtails. They clung to the head of a rattail ...

Behold, the latest in deep-sea fashion: An unfortunate fish sporting parasitic copepods as pigtails. An international team of scientists affiliated with the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Woods ...

A mysterious deep-sea fish known for having a serpent-like body and sharp fang-like teeth washed up on a Seaside beach April 22. The Seaside Aquarium received a call about a barracuda-like fish ...

Watching the deep sea can often feel like sci-fi. But a recent video from the ocean’s depths has stunned even seasoned scientists — showing two parasites firmly attached to a fish’s head ...