Scientists uncovered the "mystery mollusk," a strange glowing sea creature lurking in the ocean's midnight depths.

The 9.5-foot oarfish was discovered on Nov. 6, marking the second such occurrence in San Diego County this year.

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at ...

The deep-sea fish are considered "incredibly rare" since less than 25 have been seen in Southern California waters in over a century, Ben Frable, Scripps' in-house fish expert and a museum ...

Monterey Bay researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. It swims through ...

While most sea slugs use a rough tongue to feed on prey attached to the seafloor, B. caudactylus uses a cavernous hood to ...

Ben Frable, manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection -- one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world -- contacted the NOAA Fisheries West Coast team to ...