In their paper published in the journal ZooKeys, the group describes how they found multiple examples of the fish while on an expedition that involved exploring deep-sea coral reefs off the coast ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — A new analysis reveals that overfishing has caused populations of chondrichthyan fishes -- sharks, rays, and chimaeras -- to decline by more than 50 per cent since 1970. To ...

26, 2024 — 'Specialist' lifeforms that live under Arctic sea ice are at risk as the ice retreats, new research ... Early Mesoamericans Trapped Fish Far Earlier Than Previously Thought Nov.

West Philippine Sea is also a rich source of fisheries production, with over 300,000 metric tons of fish harvested annually, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority. Why should the ...

Japanese folklore indicates the fish belonged to servants of the sea god Ryūjin. Hence the fish are also known as "ryugu no tsukai," which translates to "messenger from the sea god’s palace." ...

A California woman was walking her dog on Grandview Beach in Encinitas when she came across a very rare, deep-sea fish. Alison Laferriere, who happens to be a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution ...

The collection is one of the largest of deep-sea fish in the world, according to Scripps. Oarfish are often described as “sea serpents,” Scripps notes, and the species’ long “ribbon-like ...

A very rare fish has washed up on a California beach, but it could come with some bad news. For the second time in 2024, a rarely seen deep sea fish, known as an oarfish, has washed up on the ...

“They’re a kind of open ocean, generally deep-sea fish. They probably like to hang out closer to 500 to 1000 plus ft underwater so we don’t encounter them that often, but occasionally ...

More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it is a new species of sea slug.

The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow up to 30 feet, according to Ocean Conservancy. After doctoral candidate ...