Lead author C. Richard "Dick" Robins, University of Kansas curator emeritus, completed much of the fieldwork and collected many examples of cusk-eels as a professor of marine science at the University ...

Scientists studying sound production in deep-sea fishes has found that cusk-eels use several sets of muscles to produce sound that plays a prominent role in male mating calls. An international ...

A team of scientists from Chile and the United States discovered dozens of red cusk-eels, fish prized in Chilean seafood markets and celebrated in a poem by renowned Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, ...

International headlines last week boasted that the world's deepest-ever fish had been discovered. That's not quite true. The creature, which scientists have yet to identify, was filmed at a depth of 8 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have observed hundreds of fish living in an inhospitable ...

A study describing eight new cusk-eel species provides data for better understanding how disasters like the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill impact biodiversity and the environment. A study by University ...

Underneath the expansive blue waters of the West Pacific Ocean, a scaly sea creature went about its day. Suddenly, a massive net enveloped the animal and pulled it toward the surface. Scientists then ...

ON A cold winter night, a certain peace can be found by walking on a frozen body of water. It is often incredibly quiet with only the sound of crunching snow underfoot. Despite the late hour, it is ...

Scientists spot nearly 50 red cusk-eels burrowed into a tubeworm bush at a methane seep in a new-to-science observation A team of scientists from Chile and the United States discovered dozens of red ...