Capturing the first underwater color photographs was no mean feat and involved powerful explosives as well as hours and hours of waiting.

Groups of fish give a schooling to solitary travelers--they expend 79 percent less energy. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 6, 2024 2:00 PM EDT Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

In what may be the world's first-ever recorded sighting, a black seadevil — anglerfish known for living thousands of feet beneath the ocean's surface where the light no longer touches — was caught on ...

A group of beachgoers spotted a rarely-seen fish in the shallow waters of Mexico. Oarfish live in the depths of the ocean between 660 - 3,300 feet deep. The footage recorded shows the intricacies of ...

Salem nature photographer and content creator Brian Stone was salmon fishing alone Sept. 17 near Newport when he met one of the ocean’s strangest animals: an ocean sunfish. With the boat’s engine ...

Researchers have a new idea about why fish swim in schools. Turns out when fish swim together in turbulent water, they use nearly 80% less energy. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Yangfan Zhang studies animal ...

A close-up of a colony of salps swimming in the ocean off the coast of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Credit: Brad Gemmell Salps are small, transparent barrel-shaped jelly creatures. They are sometimes confused ...