Giant isopods are an example of deep-sea gigantism. Above, a giant isopod feasts on a fish in the deep sea around 40 miles southeast of Key West, Florida. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research ...

Veterans of the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo often throw around the phrase “rodeo weather.” If you know, you know. “It ...

The giant oarfish is the world's longest bony fish and can reach a length of 56 feet (17 meters) and weigh up to 600 pounds (270 kilograms). The fish had bright silver patterns with blue spots and ...

About 1 million species of animals live in the ocean.They should make room for one more: a nearly foot-long yellow isopod that thrives at the bottom of the sea.

In fact, the mysterious fish don't even reach sexual maturity until the age of 55. ... Giant deep sea coelacanths live nearly a century, five times longer than thought. By Brooks Hays.

Some deep-sea fish, such as the giant hatchetfish (Argyropelecus gigas), are able to dim and brighten to match the light in their surroundings, using bioluminescence as a cloaking mechanism to ...

Anglers hitting the water for the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo aren’t just fishing for a big catch, they’re actually ...

German photographer Solvin Zankl snapped the 20-centimetre-long fish when he joined a deep sea expedition off the African island nation of Cape Verde in November 2015.

Scuba-diving biologists released nearly 200 baby giant sea bass into the murky depths of Santa Monica Bay on Wednesday, an effort to revive the endangered fish.

Scientists have found some deep-sea fish absorb up to 99.956 percent of light, ... “Some of them have just a big jumble,” says Osborn. “Some of them have three layers, ...