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.

"It was once believed that only microbes and viruses inhabited the subseafloor crust beneath hydrothermal vents," the study ...

Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

Life hidden beneath the ocean floor, previously unknown to science, has been discovered. A team of scientists accidentally ...

Tubeworm larvae, sea snails, and marine worms were uncovered living in tiny caves underneath the ocean floor, revealing life ...

While the researchers were aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor, managing operations from above, ...

The remarkable discovery of animal life beneath the seafloor shows that life finds a way even in the most extreme ...

A Russian man survived more than two months drifting in icy seas on an inflatable boat in an ordeal that claimed the lives of ...

Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East ...

Expedition to a volcanically active ridge in the Pacific off South America reveals many creatures lurking below steamy ...

A deep-diving robot that chiseled into the rocky Pacific seabed at a spot where two of the immense plates comprising Earth's ...

Each year millions of Pacific salmon make a grand journey from the ocean to their freshwater spawning grounds at the end of their life cycles. This migration has rippling effects through food webs and ...