and the larva will swim in the water for about a month before colonizing a new hydrothermal vent. Giant isopods are another bizarre discovery and strange sea-floor creature. There are almost 20 ...

[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

Scientists discover creatures living beneath the bottom of the sea Scientists discover creatures living beneath the bottom of the sea Smoking Ocean Vents Found in Surprisingly Shallow Water ...

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living ... and there are hydrothermal vents, which are like hot springs on the ocean's floor.

We are exploring the role of hydrothermal vents in driving the evolution of novel adaptations in deep-sea animals, throughout the 500+ million year history of complex life on our planet. In many parts ...

If there is a harsher place to live than a hydrothermal ... leaving the deep-sea floor as dark as the deepest cave. With no sunlight, there are no plants; all vent life belongs to the animal ...

The veteran HOV can now officially dive deeper into the sea, broadening the horizons of scientific discoveries under the ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Their expedition was to look for hydrothermal ... ocean water. A dusting of white lay around the vents, and in some places, had accumulated so high as to look like chimneys on the sea floor ...

As the only woman who has piloted the deep-ocean research submersible Alvin, Van Dover is among the few researchers to have explored hydrothermal vents firsthand. A love of the ocean lured Nicole ...