A large gray serpent-like eel with a large lump in its stomach swims through the dark ocean. Ocean explorers recently stumbled upon an extremely unusual sight in the Pacific's deep sea — a rare, ...

Gulper sharks have been listed on CITES Appendix II, which regulates trade of the species across international borders and ...

As it drifts through the inky blackness of the "midnight zone" in the deep sea, the pelican eel undulates its narrow, whiplike tail and long, snakelike body. It's hard to imagine its slender form ...

With the 15 mysterious deepwater gulper sharks now listed for maximum trade protection, TRAFFIC and partners in the Deepwater ...

The gulper eel was spotted at a depth of almost 7,000 feet. An unusual deep-sea animal with an engorged stomach following a recent meal has been discovered by scientists at the Schmidt Ocean Institute ...

A mysterious species of deepwater shark that has been increasingly threatened with extinction for years was thrown a lifeline ...

Anybody who’s ever seen a Blue Planet documentary, or pretty much any other nature show narrated by Sir David Attenborough, knows that the depths of the ocean are jam-packed with nightmarish creatures ...

A team of oceanographers watching a deep-sea rover’s camera never saw this coming: a young gulper eel performing fluid acrobatics for the lens. The reactions caught on video from the group of ...

Since launching in 2008, the Ocean Exploration Trust's Nautilus research vessel has live-streamed a purple orb, a transparent squid, and a stubby octopus from the bottom of the ocean. The latest ...

The gulper catfish has an extremely large appetite - as this shocking footage of one devouring another fish as big as its own being shows. The predatory fish, which has been known to readily consume ...

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- Armed with the Gulper, the SIPPER and an array of other high-tech gizmos, a crew of scientists is peering deep into the Gulf of Mexico, looking for tracks of the oil spewed ...