Scientists have discovered the deepest fish ever recorded on camera, a snailfish, swimming at a depth of 8,336 meters off the ...

Deep-Sea fish survive extreme pressure through various adaptations that allow them to thrive in environments where ­pressures ...

It's a curious-looking snailfish, and at 27,349 feet (8,336 meters) down, it's the deepest fish ever observed. Researchers ...

For instance, the videos showed that the young male elephant seals preferred to eat sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) over snailfish (Careproctus spp.). “This was evident when an elephant seal we ...

Here, one of the mammals prepares to grab a snailfish at a depth of 645 metres. (Ocean Networks Canada) The research observatory operated by Ocean Networks Canada in the Barkley Canyon was ...

The deeper the creature, the higher the TMAO concentration, leading to a stronger fishy odour. Snailfish, which live at the greatest depths, likely have the highest TMAO levels and, consequently, the ...

The Mariana snailfish. Photo credit: Mackenzie Gerringer/University of Washington, University of Hawaii. This little snailfish thrives at depths of up to 8,000 metres/26,200ft — that’s almost five ...

A thick exoskeleton shields the amphipod from predators and the chilly, murky waters of the deep sea. The soft-bodied snailfish is ideally suited to living in the Mariana Trench. Because of their ...

This article is about shelled gastropods that live in salt water. For the fish which are also sometimes known as "snails", see Snailfish. The shells of sea snails are often found washed up on beaches.