The runner-up for New Zealand’s Fish of the Year, the orange roughy, is a fellow deep-sea dweller, living nearly 2,000 feet below the waves. These creatures take a long time to mature and ...

With sumptuous, fleshy lips and a bulbous, protruding forehead, the humphead wrasse is an unforgettable fish. This enormous, colorful coral-reef dweller is slow to reproduce, making it vulnerable to ...

A deep-sea dweller that rarely comes to the ocean’s ... Alison Laferriere, a Ph.D. student, discovered the 10-foot-long fish. This fish was collected for samples and then frozen, the school ...

Severely affected by overfishing and habitat destruction in the 1800s, the lake trout in the lake have benefitted from a restoration program that cooperating fish and wildlife agencies have run since ...

Welcome to the abyss. The viperfish (pictured above) is a fierce predator, with fangs so big that its mouth can't close over them.Instead, they slide up the front of the fish's face when it shuts its ...