The ocean is full of strange and fascinating creatures, but few have captured the imagination quite like the red-lipped batfish. This unusual fish, found mainly near the Galápagos Islands, has gone ...

Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies who were studying how coral reefs are lost to weed were astonished when, after removing a cage from a particularly weedy bit of reef, ...

Two new species of bottom-dwelling "walking" fish have been found in the Gulf of Mexico—right in the path of the Gulf oil spill, experts say. Small enough to fit in a person's palm, members of the two ...