Ever wonder how deep-sea fish and other animals are able to survive in an environment where the water pressure would kill us humans? Well, the secret lies in a chemical that occurs naturally in their ...

Fish that survive in extreme deep-sea environments have developed the same genetic mutation despite evolving separately and at different times, researchers say. The scientists also found industrial ...

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

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme environment—particularly in the hadal zone at depths greater than 6,000 ...

Sea robins are unusual animals with the body of a fish, wings of a bird, and walking legs of a crab. Now, researchers show that the legs of the sea robin aren’t just used for walking. In fact, they ...

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 ...

A team of Portuguese scientists plan to use algae to develop new techniques for cultivating fish fillets from seabass cells. The Algae2Fish project is a spin-out from the University of Lisbon’s ...