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

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

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

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

Alaska's Iliamna Lake harbor seals have been difficult to study because of their remoteness. They weren't even identified as harbor seals until 2013. Now, a new genetic study has found significant ...

A deep-sea expedition made the surprising discovery of a previously unknown ecosystem in which animals such as giant tube ...

There are only five seal populations worldwide that live year-round in freshwater habitats. The Baikal seal, probably the ...

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

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

Groundbreaking new research offers insight into how life might exist in other extreme environments, such as on Mars or icy ...

In hidden cavities beneath the floor of the deep ocean, in the oases created by hydrothermal activity, whole communities of ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered animal life under the seafloor around deep hydrothermal vent systems. The new ...