Recent studies challenge long-standing beliefs about vertebrate vision with the discovery of a novel visual system in deep-sea fish, while a groundbreaking fossil find in Niger reveals a remarkable ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: ...

Researchers studying deep-sea processes off Hainan Island made an unexpected discovery. Pacific sleeper sharks swam from cold, northern waters into the tropical South China Sea. The rare sighting has ...

Trawlers off Taiwan caught a deep-sea predator with “very large” eyes and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Around an island off mainland Taiwan, shrimp trawlers hauled ...

Life in the deep ocean is not dark. It glows. Bioluminescence, the ability to produce light, is widespread. This trait ...

"Our results challenge the longstanding idea that rods and cones are two fixed, clearly separated cell types. Instead, we ...

Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

It’s impossible to ignore a new discovery known affectionately as the death ball. And there’s a good reason to pay attention ...

Deep-sea fish larvae reveal hybrid photoreceptors that blend rods and cones, challenging traditional vision models and ...

Around an island off mainland Taiwan, shrimp trawlers hauled in their nets and started sifting through their catch. A deep-sea predator with “very large” eyes caught their attention — and for good ...