As one of the world’s most diverse vertebrates, fish can come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. With over 33,000 ...

There is a reason we call ourselves the Blue Planet.

At first glance, the blobfish, also known as a flathead sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus), looks like a pinkish, gelatinous blob with a droopy mouth and a sagging nose. It looks even worse when it is ...

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 ...

Meet the telescopefish, a ghostly predator with tubular eyes and a jaw that unhinges to swallow prey larger than itself.

The discovery of non-cyanobacteria diazotrophs underneath Arctic sea ice could change our understanding of the food web, as ...

The hoodwinker sunfish, or Mola tecta, can weigh as much as 4,400 pounds and can grow up to nine feet long "It was so enormous and so weird and gorgeous. It's like suddenly you're on another planet," ...

A 7-foot-long ocean sunfish was recently discovered on an Oregon beach, attracting the attention of local aquatic experts. The fish, which is also known as a Mola mola, recently washed ashore at Hug ...

What are some animals that give birth to huge numbers of offspring at once?” (Watch a female sea urchin produce millions of eggs.) The mola, or ocean sunfish, looks like an animal cracker someone bit ...