It is poised to advance deep-sea research from traditional qualitative analysis toward an intelligent, interpretable and ...

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In the inky depths of the Central Pacific Ocean, nearly 2,400 meters below the surface, scientists have discovered a new ...

A standout discovery was this new predatory sponge. Its spherical form is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey.

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

In the darkness of the deep ocean, where pressure crushes and light fails, an expedition has found an astonishing array of ...

Paralvinella hessleri accumulates microscopic particles of arsenic on its outer skin, which reacts with sulfide to form a microscopic armour of yellow orpiment. A bright-yellow worm that lives in deep ...

Image: Brisingid sea stars in the Lau Basin/South Pacific vent system. Credit: “Ridge 2000” Lau expedition, taken with Jason II in 2005. Click here for a high resolution photograph. A statement of ...

A post in a nightmare fueled lifestyle in a nightmarish hell scape…or a nice story of parasitic nematodes find in fishes at hydrothermal vents over at Parasite of the Day To land-dwelling humans, deep ...

A deep-sea worm that lives in hydrothermal vents is the first known animal to create orpiment, a toxic, arsenic-containing mineral that was used by artists for centuries A bright-yellow worm that ...

In 1977 scientists discovered that at the deepest parts of the ocean, which people had long imagined to be dark, cold, and lifeless, was a strange environment teeming with life. Marine geologist ...