For more than 1,000 years, the Bajau — known as “Sea Nomads” — have wandered the seas of southern Asia in houseboats, catching fish by free diving with spears.

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, ...

Deep-sea trenches form at subduction zones, ... At shallower depths, from approximately 16,000 to 21,000 feet on the abyssal plain, we saw large fish such as rattails, cusk eels and eel pouts.

Traditional fishing communities worry that the high operational costs of corporate vessels will push them to exploit coastal ...

In January 2004, Mathew Jones was processing the bycatch from New Zealand lobster stock assessment. Six fish including a silverside, Bollons’ rattail, jock stewart, dark ghost shark, javelin fish, and ...

However, the world’s deepest-dwelling fish — known as a hadal snailfish — is small, pink and completely scaleless. Its skin is so transparent that you can see right through to its liver.

This parazen fish (Parazen pacificus) was spotted some 500 meters deep, near Puerto Rico, by a remotely operated underwater vehicle.R. Singer, J. Moore, E. Stanley, NOAA Okeanos Explorer ...

At least 16 types of recently discovered deep-sea fish are among the darkest creatures ever found, according to a study published Thursday.. The fish -- called the ultra-black fish, which live ...

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 Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters. ... They are omnivores, making up for the lack of food at those depths by having big mouths, sharp teeth and a desire to eat almost anything.