Deep-sea "alien" fish specimen on display in a laboratory setting, surrounded by jars. Image credits: Dr. Todd Clardy/Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County According to Dr. Ralf Britz, Head of ...

The ocean is full of some incredibly odd creatures. It feels like the further you go down, the stranger and more alien-like they become. With so many interesting creatures, it makes you wonder, what ...

The Hadal Trenches are located in the deepest depths of the ocean, from around 3.6 to 6 miles underwater. It’s an alien world, freezing cold with crushing pressure. However, an ecosystem unlike any ...

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 ...

For an animal, surviving in the ocean’s deepest trenches requires remarkable adaptations: a gelatinous body that can withstand pressure, bioluminescent features to guide it, and a transparent ...