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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.
8 hours ago · A deep-sea expedition made the surprising discovery of a previously unknown ecosystem in which animals such as giant tube worms thrive beneath hydrothermal vents.
9 hours ago · As National Geographic reports, this deep-sea expedition led by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research is the first of its kind to find larger animal life underneath the seabed than the ...
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 · A glimpse into the uncovered warm, fluid-filled sub-surface cavity which can be up to 40 centimetres high, at the deep-sea hydrothermal vents. ( Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute/CC BY-NC-SA )
2 days 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 ...
1 day ago · The deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the East Pacific Rise - a volcanically active ridge located where two tectonic plates meet on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. ... "We could not believe our eyes ...
