A diver in Monterey Bay recently had a close encounter with a deep-sea fish normally found at depths of 3,000 feet, NOAA ...

Ted Judah went diving off McAbee Beach in Monterey Bay when he caught sight of a 'silvery knife blade undulating thing,' ...

Academy researchers identified 72 species new to science in 2025, including the newly recognized Galápagos lava heron, a shy deep-sea fish, and a rare sunflower relative found in a U.S. national park.

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive ...

A king-of-the-salmon that normally lives far offshore was spotted alive near the surface, a sight rarely seen by humans.

These episodes of sudden light deprivation are slowly making several underwater organisms vulnerable to collapse.

It's long been a staple on seafood menus and in frozen fish fillets at the grocery store. But dig a little deeper and orange roughy (also known as deep sea perch) is actually one of the most ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Giant phantom jelly sightings are extremely rare, but recent footage shows this extraordinary deep-sea jellyfish in all its ...