Commercial trawlers off the southern coast of India caught several unfamiliar-looking eels in January 2024 and gave the specimens to scientists, Paramasivam Kodeeswaran and T. T. Ajith Kumar wrote in ...

We talk to Ocean Ramsey, the marine conservationist whose polarizing shark encounters are the subject of a new Netflix doc ...

You might call it fish charcuterie, and it’s rooted in ancient practices like the curing of Japanese katsuobushi or the ...

Netflix's upcoming 'All The Sharks' will be a riveting reality TV competition based on sharks. Here's everything we know so ...

Deep sea dragonfish. Image via wikimedia commons. The Deep Sea Dragonfish epitomizes the predatory adaptations necessary for hunting in darkness. Despite reaching only about 6 inches (15 cm) in length ...

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes and needle-like teeth.

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

Dumbo octopus: Universal tan color with short arms, 1 foot including arms, lives deep in the bottom of the ocean and has fins on the side of its head. Lifespan 3-5 years.

There are 300 species of octopus, including the common octopus, mimic octopus, blue-ringed sea octopus, and the giant Pacific octopus. These are all shallow-water finless octopuses, the most common ...

While some species are relatively small, with a mantle length of a few inches, others, like the giant Pacific octopus, can reach lengths of over 16 feet. This size variability reflects the ...

And short-fin mako sharks, like the one serving as a mount for the octopus, not only don't tend to venture into the deep but are also impressively fast swimmers capable of reaching speeds up to 45 ...