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 ...

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 ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, light barely exists. Sunlight fades quickly, and what little brightness remains often comes from animals themselves — tiny flashes, glows, and pulses used to hunt or ...

The vast majority of our planet remains a complete mystery, hidden beneath miles of crushing water where sunlight never penetrates. In this eternal darkness, evolution has taken a path so bizarre that ...