Thanks to a yellow pigment that filters out sunlight, barreleyes can't be fooled by a common deep-sea camouflage tactic.

India, Nov. 1 -- Scientists have captured rare 4K footage of an unusual deep-sea fish with a transparent head and striking ...

An incredibly rare deep-sea fish with an eerie transparent head was documented on a recent research mission done by the ...

During a recent expedition aboard the research vessel David Packard, MBARI scientists encountered a rarely seen barreleye ...

Known for its translucent, submersible-like head, this six-inch deep-sea denizen is rarely seen as it inhabits the ocean’s ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

At the bottom of the ocean, at a depth of 10,000 meters, there is tremendous water pressure. Human submersibles cannot go there without thick metal spheres to protect the people inside.However, ...

Few deep-sea species will cause an entire research vessel’s crew to rush into the control room to catch a glimpse—but the ...

Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with mid-sized fish such as the bigscale pomfret, which live deep during the ...