According to the organization, the fish is a so-called “black seadevil” known by its scientific name Melanocetus johnsonii. They typically swim between 650 and 6,500 feet below the ocean’s surface.

The scary-looking fish is usually to be found more than a mile below the surface, where little to no light penetrates.

Using deep-sea baited remote underwater systems (dBRUVS), the scientists lowered a camera to a depth of 1,054 meters (nearly 3,500 feet), with a view to studying the marine biodiversity in this remote ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...