The fish is only about six inches long. It also has a less scary alternative name: the humpback anglerfish. And why does this fellow look so unusual? The deep sea is “a very different ...

Neither of them could have guessed it was an oarfish — a deep-sea creature rarely spotted on the surface whose infrequent appearances have inspired centuries of folklore that the fish are both ...

A rare deep-sea fish regarded as a harbinger of doom has washed up on a beach in the Canary Islands. The oarfish was discovered by beachgoers in Lanzarote on 10 February, sparking fears among the ...

The video has provoked an enormously empathetic response on social media, with some seeing the fish as a feminist icon or an Icarus-like figure who swam too close to the Sun. The reaction shows our ...

And where will it happen?” Another noted, “What is going on in the bottom of the ocean that has all these deep sea fish suddenly surfacing?” Last year, the rarely seen oarfish was seen at ...

But the menacing-looking photos did not capture the fish's true size, Jara said – as the deep-sea creature was only about two inches long. "To start with the size….the small fish measured no ...

“Many researchers have suggested this as to why deep-water fish strand on beaches. Sometimes it may be linked to broader shifts such as the El Niño and La Niña cycle but this is not always the cas ...

A rare deep-sea fish regarded as a harbinger of doom has washed up on a beach in the Canary Islands. The oarfish was discovered by beachgoers in Lanzarote on 10 February, sparking fears among the ...

A Spanish shark research organisation says it may have captured the first footage of a rare deep-sea creature swimming ... said in an Instagram post. The fish was discovered when the team ...

“Many researchers have suggested this as to why deep-water fish strand on beaches. Sometimes it may be linked to broader shifts such as the El Niño and La Niña cycle but this is not always the cas ...

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 ...

Right now, it’s unknown whether hundreds of fish species are threatened with ... “When we get into the deep sea, we're discovering new species. By nature, they are typically only found in ...