A huge oarfish washed up near La Paz in Baja California Sur in 2020. Credit: Fernando Cavalin. On a sunlit beach in Lanzarote ...

The Mononoke tilefish, Branchiostegus sanae, sports striking facial markings reminiscent of San’s tribal paint, symbolizing a call for marine conservation.

Dive into the ocean’s depths and discover some of the strangest and most astonishing sea creatures that you’ve never seen before! From bizarre shapes to unbelievable behaviors, these creatures defy ...

In a river of southern China, a “slender” creature with “tiny scales” under its skin paused to rest along the gravel riverbed. Its coloring helped it blend in, but not well enough. Nearby scientists ...

Oarfish are rarely documented by scientists, but one was seen this month by a group visiting a beach in Mexico.