The gulper eel ( Saccopharynx lavenbergi), also called a pelican eel, is roughly a meter of tail and mouth. This unusual fish, the only species in the genus Eurypharynx, slinks through the water as ...

The bumpy snailfish is one of three newly identified deep-sea snailfish species described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

Thousands of feet deep in the South Pacific Ocean, a pair of scientists piloted a submersible through the dark waters and scanned the seafloor. Some pale creatures with dozens of tentacles caught ...

Researchers say the new footage of the deep sea fish may be the first live sighting of the creature in daylight near the ocean's surface Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He ...

Known as the "volcano snail," the scaly-foot snail is the only marine animal with an outer layer of iron armor.

Explore the fascinating world of bioluminescent animals that glow in the dark—discover how and why they shine, and their role ...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, a reddish sea creature with “massive eyes” used its “long” arms to move through the water. Something approached the deep-sea animals, caught it ...

But after years of meticulous research, teams of scientists, including MBARI senior scientist Steven Haddock, who led that 2019 expedition, have confirmed what that footage suggested: The deep-sea ...

"It's pretty adorable," said Mackenzie Gerringer, a marine biologist at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and a ...

We live in a world full of lights– mobile screens, street lamps, glowing signs. But out in nature, away from all this, some ...