As one of the world’s most diverse vertebrates, fish can come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. With over 33,000 species inhabiting the Earth’s aquatic habitats, some are bound to be a bit on ...

At first glance, the blobfish, also known as a flathead sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus), looks like a pinkish, gelatinous blob with a droopy mouth and a sagging nose. It looks even worse when it is ...

Roman Fedortsov, a Russian fisherman, shared a video of a strange-looking fish he pulled from the depths, sparking quite a bit of curiosity among social media users. The specimen Fedortsov placed at ...

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 ...

Some animals are so unusual that they barely look real, and transparent creatures are among the strangest of them all. These ...

Discover the evolutionary history of this strange fish and its even stranger appendage.

WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: rods for ...