Animals found living underground near deep-sea hydrothermal vents
A deep-diving robot that chiseled into the rocky Pacific seabed at a spot where two of the immense plates comprising Earth's outer shell meet has unearthed a previously unknown realm of animal life thriving underground near hydrothermal vents.
Scientists discover creatures living beneath the bottom of the deep sea
Tubeworm larvae, sea snails, and marine worms were uncovered living in tiny caves underneath the ocean floor, revealing life is interconnected below and above it.
Tubeworms live beneath the planetary crust around deep-sea vents
The tubeworms found at hydrothermal sites are unlike almost all other animals on Earth, in that they do not consume other organisms for food. Instead, they get essential nutrients from bacteria that live within them.
Deep-sea creature — with bright orange body — discovered off Japan. It’s a new species
Aboard the Yokosuka cruise, a group of researchers ventured out to sea off the southern coast of Japan. They were headed to the Amami Rift hydrothermal vent field, an area where extremely hot water heated by magma bursts from the sea floor,
Tubeworms, snails discovered beneath Pacific Ocean seafloor: Study
Researchers have found a thriving ecosystem of animal life in an unlikely place: beneath hydrothermal vents under the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean. A community of marine life was found below the East Pacific Rise,
Scientists unveil life under seafloor: Tubeworms, weird creatures
Scientists for the first time have uncovered an underworld of animal life thriving beneath the seafloor. An expedition to a volcanically active ridge in the Pacific off South America has revealed worms,
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