Another deep-sea dweller washed up on a Carlsbad beach this week and its body now joins millions of other rare specimens being preserved for research at a lab in San Diego.

Adeep-sea fish species with unusual cheek patterns has been discovered in the South China Sea after it was listed on online seafood markets.

The roughly 12-foot-long oarfish — a serpent-like fish commonly found at sea depths of more than 600 feet — was found near La Jolla Cove on August 10.

A deepwater fish new to science has been named after San, the warrior princess from Studio Ghibli's landmark animated film Princess Mononoke, due to its striking facial markings. The new species ...

A rare deep-sea oarfish was discovered floating in the waters off San Diego. The 12-foot fish was dead, according to UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Oarfish can sometimes ...

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 ...

A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast.

A team of science-minded kayakers and snorkelers in La Jolla Cove had the encounter of a lifetime when a dead oarfish washed to the ocean surface on Aug. 10, 2024. This deep-sea fish is incredibly ...

Another deep-sea dweller washed up on a Carlsbad beach this week and its body now joins millions of other rare specimens being preserved for research at a lab in San Diego.