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1 day ago · An expedition to a volcanically active ridge in the Pacific off South America has revealed worms, snails, giant tubeworms and other strange creatures lurking below steamy underwater hot springs. Researchers have long studied animal communities near such hydrothermal vents. Many thought only microbes and viruses could survive underneath.
2 days ago · Protecting deep sea life. One of the biggest threats to deep-sea ecosystems is proposed deep-sea mining, the process of extracting mineral deposits, like cobalt and nickel, from the deep seabed ...
1 day ago · The scientists from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research studied rock samples on the seabed using a remotely-operated robot around 2,500 meters (8,251 feet) below the surface.
2 days ago · A deep-sea submersible found worms and snails living in cavities below the sea floor — the first time animals have been discovered in such habitats. The creatures may have been pushed into their ...
2 days ago · The remarkable discovery of animal life beneath the seafloor shows that life finds a way even in the most extreme environments, potentially boosting hopes for finding life beyond Earth.
2 days ago · Abstract. It was once believed that only microbes and viruses inhabited the subseafloor crust beneath hydrothermal vents. Yet, on the seafloor, animals like the giant tubeworm Riftia pachyptila ...
Sep 26, 2024 · To give you a brief glimpse of the unusual life biologists have found so far below the ocean’s surface, we collected ten of our favorite deep-sea creatures below.
