Lancetfish have washed up in Oregon and California, where a video from 2021 showed the fish flapping its fanged jaw and writhing wildly on the beach.

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

Strange occurrences in the oceans have caught the attention of scientists and the public alike. Uncommon deep-sea creatures ...

Barreleye fish are named for their unique, barrel-shaped eyes. These eyes can rotate, allowing the fish to look both upward and straight ahead. Their eyes also have bright green lenses protected ...

Recent unusual events on the sea have intrigued scientists as much as the general public. Unusual deep-sea life is emerging, and marine animals are being seen with abnormal behaviour, and worries are ...

Learn more about the most exciting species found around the world in 2025, from the deep sea to the western Himalayas.

A deep-sea fish species with unusual cheek patterns has been discovered in the South China Sea after it was listed on online seafood markets. The fish has been named Branchiostegus sanae because its ...

An "odd-looking" deep-sea fish recently washed ashore on an Oregon beach to the surprise of a local aquarium. The Seaside Aquarium in Seaside, Oregon, published pictures of the dead fish in an April ...

The latest animal to go viral isn’t a baby hippo or newborn tapir or anything that cute really: it’s a humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) that was spotted in shallow waters off the coast of ...

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said it recently helped to rescue a strange fish that swam too close to shore and got stuck in shallow water. Deputies said they identified the fish as a Mola Mola, ...

(Gray News) – Researchers say they have captured the first images of an adult black seadevil anglerfish in broad daylight. Biologists from NGO Condrik Tenerife were on a shark research expedition when ...