A rarely seen deep-sea creature has just been captured on film—and what the camera revealed left researchers speechless. Drifting slowly through the pitch-black waters of the abyss, the strange, ghost ...

They live at depths mostly devoid of oxygen, where sunlight doesn’t penetrate. At its home 13,000 feet beneath the surface lies the bathypelagic zone, also known as the “midnight zone.” Here, the ...

This far down is the bathypelagic zone, or midnight zone, and no sunlight penetrates here. Despite the extreme depth, research vehicles can reach that far, but there may be another reason why the ...

The team were conducting a mission titled ‘Journey into Midnight’ which involved exploring parts of the Gulf of Mexico below 3,800 feet, known as the bathypelagic – or midnight – zone.

The ship sits at a depth of 12,500 feet in a part of the ocean known as the bathypelagic zone. Down there, the pressure is a crushing 6,000 pounds per square inch — heavier than most sport utility ...

Despite the lack of light, this zone hosts an array of fascinating creatures, including the lanternfish, known for its bioluminescent glow which it uses for hunting and communication. In the ...

Such a depth is known as the Bathypelagic Zone, or the "midnight zone," where animals live in constant darkness and the only light comes from bioluminescence. Female black seadevils, such as the ...

Such a depth is known as the Bathypelagic Zone, or the "midnight zone," where animals live in constant darkness and the only light comes from bioluminescence. Female black seadevils, such as the ...

Usually, the species lives in the meopelagic and bathypelagic zones, at depths of between 200 and 2,000 metres. 'It is a true predator of the depths, which lives in the seabed between 200 and ...

A deep-sea anglerfish, with its mouthful of sharp teeth, was spotted near the surface of the water near the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa earlier this month. The videos and pictures were ...