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Pacific spiny lumpsucker: The adorable little fish with a weird suction cup resembling human teethPacific spiny lumpsuckers are wee, coastal fish that look a bit like concerned strawberries, have a fluorescent glow and pack some serious body armor.
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Pelican eel: The midnight zone 'gulper' with a giant mouth to swallow animals bigger than itselfOpen wide! The gaping gob of a pelican eel can expand into a voluminous sac for trapping elusive prey in the dark ocean depths.
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Do sharks make noises? An accidental discovery might just answer that questionScientists noticed the clicking sound after handling the rig sharks during routine behavioral experiments.
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The Mariana Trench is home to some weird deep sea fish, and they all have the same, unique mutationsDeep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — alongside human-made pollutants contaminating the deep sea.
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Scientists capture footage of bizarre deep-sea creature with parasite pig tailsScientists on an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have recorded horrifying videos of parasitic copepods feasting on the head of a deep sea rattail fish.
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Golden scaleless cave fish discovered in China shows evolution in actionThe discovery of a golden scaleless fish in China is helping scientists understand how animals evolved to live in caves.
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Massive male great white shark tagged and released off Florida coast in new videoScientists have tagged a giant male great white shark off the East Coast. The researchers said "Contender" is the largest male white shark ever caught and studied in the northwest Atlantic.
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Sharks: Facts about some of the ocean's top predatorsDiscover interesting facts about where sharks live, how big they can get, and how likely it is to get bitten by one.
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Scientists examine bloody mating wounds to reveal details of sharks' secret sex livesShark sex is a bitey business, with males grasping females with their teeth during the act. The resulting wounds are helping scientists to figure out when and where sharks are doing the deed.
