The deep sea has always held a certain haunting appeal—no light, crushing pressures, and frigid temperatures. Almost completely unknown until the late 18th century, people assumed nothing could ...

The snailfish is one of the deepest-living marine species in the ocean, and there is still much to discover about them.

Among the new species of snailfish is the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi), which has a pink color, long fin rays and ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) From an unmanned submersible, protected by a casing of stainless steel almost an inch thick and a window made from super strong sapphire crystal, we can observe the life ...

MBARI's advanced underwater technology is revealing the remarkable species that thrive in the deep sea. In 2019, MBARI researchers encountered an unfamiliar pink snailfish swimming just above the ...

Scientists have filmed a snailfish five miles underwater in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench south of Japan. It is the deepest fish ever recorded. “We have spent over 15 years researching these deep snailfish ...

A new whole genome sequence for the Yap hadal snailfish provides insights into how the unusual fish survives in some of the deepest parts of the ocean. Xinhua Chen of the Fujian Agriculture and ...

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While trawling the floor of the Bering Sea and the Aleutian region, scientists have discovered several new species of fish — snailfish. Some were only named last year. Researchers were not looking for ...

The Mariana snailfish is the deepest fish collected from the ocean floor. (UW Photo) They look like ghosts of the abyss, but the wispy, pinkish-white, smooth-skinned creatures at the bottom of the ...

Three new species of fish have been discovered living in what scientists describe as one of the deepest places on Earth. The “jelly-like” snailfish, found more than 23,000ft below the ocean surface, ...