This is Mongabay’s second story in a short series about the new Shimoni Fish Port. Read the first story here. SHIMONI, Kenya — On a drizzly March afternoon, more than two dozen vessels bobbed on ...
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 ...
It's long been a staple on seafood menus and in frozen fish fillets at the grocery store. But dig a little deeper and orange roughy (also known as deep sea perch) is actually one of the most ...
Dauphin Island, Ala. (WKRG) — Anglers hitting the water for the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo aren’t just fishing for a big catch, they’re actually helping perform a scientific study. University of ...
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WALA) - The 92nd annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is officially underway on Dauphin Island. This is after a year of anticipation and preparation. “We’ve been down here all ...
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. Jordan Coronel came across ...
“Did y’all get beat up today?” “That’s an understatement.” Variations on the exchange could be heard repeatedly throughout Friday afternoon, as Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo volunteers welcomed boats ...
The fish was found at 200 to 2,000 meters below the surface. At least 16 types of recently discovered deep-sea fish are among the darkest creatures ever found, according to a study published Thursday.
Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with ...
Behold, the latest in deep-sea fashion: An unfortunate fish sporting parasitic copepods as pigtails. An international team of scientists affiliated with the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Woods Hole ...
Researchers have captured footage of a "big-butt seastar" off the coast of Argentina that looks like Patrick Star from "SpongeBob SquarePants." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...
For decades, oceanographers have known that something did not add up in the deep sea. Huge predators like sharks and tunas ...