Scientific American14h
Meet Some of the Strangest Deep-Sea Creatures, from ‘Sea Pigs’ to ‘Disco Worms’
A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...
Blobfish, once dubbed 'world's ugliest animal,' named fish of the year in New Zealand
Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
Voters Crown the ‘World’s Ugliest Animal’ as New Zealand’s Fish of the Year
The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.
Deep-sea fish study reveals evolutionary marvels in Earth's hadal zone
The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...
Earth.com3d
World’s oldest fish was presumed extinct for 60 million years before being rediscovered
Researchers classify the coelacanth under the group Sarcopterygii, which include the earliest ancestors of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.
The blobfish, 'bullied his whole life,' named fish of the year in public vote
A New Zealand-based nonprofit announced the blobfish as the winner of its "Fish of the Year" vote, years after it was named ...
Terrifying underwater footage reveals moment camera is attacked by rare-deep sea squid with ‘headlights’
A harrowing bit of footage has resurfaced, capturing the moment where a camera was gripped and attacked by a creature in the ...
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about: By dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...