Among the catch, they found three deep-sea ray fish known as softnose skates, according to a study published June 21 in the peer-reviewed journal of Ichthyological Research.

The fish typically live in deep waters—between 600 and 3,000 feet below the surface—and are rarely seen unless sick, dying, or disoriented.

Even if local fishers receive deep-sea boats, the huge industrial ships coming into the new port loaded with fish will disrupt the local market and deny them a livelihood, he said.

Anglers weighed in their catches, including large sharks and stingrays, Thursday afternoon during the first day of the 77th annual Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

Trawlers off southern India caught a deep-sea creature with a regrown tail later identified by scientists as a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Hundreds of feet down in the ...

The murky depths of the mighty river seems to function as refuges for some of the biggest freshwater fish on Earth, explorers are finding.

Scientists found fish with large eyes in temporary ponds of Democratic Republic of the Congo and discovered new species: rainbow seasonal killifish, study said.

The big question with Sea of Remnants is if its unmistakably cool presentation and interesting hodgepodge of ideas can actually come together into something coherent, and I truly feel no closer to ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Friday called on SeaWorld San Antonio to spread the ashes of an orca that died in its captivity this week in the ocean where they belong.

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piece of industry-funded research found Thursday.

A chilling discovery in the deep waters off the South Sandwich Islands reveals a strange, blood-sucking phenomenon. Parasites attach themselves to a rattail fish, feeding off its body in an eerie ...

SeaWorld San Antonio announced the recent death of one of its five orcas, saying in a social media post Thursday that the young killer whale's passing resulted from an unspecified illness.