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 ...

Something very freaky is lurking in the deep waters off the California coast. Researchers aboard a deep sea vessel spotted a barreleye fish and captured the rare sighting on video. The bizarre-looking ...

Two species of small, deep-dwelling fish called pearlsides possess eye cells that break the rules of vertebrate vision, combining features of rods and cones into a single hybrid photoreceptor never ...

You can’t deny that some fascinating creatures lurk in our oceans, and some can live in home aquariums. Aquarium oddities are called “oddball fish” among the aquatic hobbyist community, and they ...