Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

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The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. These adaptations to their ...

Very few people make it to the deepest depths of the oceans, which is why new discoveries are constantly made about the exotic creatures that dwell in the deep blue sea. Although these next five ...

Some shark species reside in the deepest, darkest, coldest regions of Earth’s oceans, rarely seen by humans. With ...

Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of ...

These deep-sea animals are new to science—and already at risk. About 90 percent of species found in the Clarion Clipperton Zone have never been identified, ... “The amount of food is very low.

Some of the world’s most fascinating creatures live underwater. And unlike the more mainstream animals under the sea — seahorses, sharks, and even deep sea anglerfish — one cool member of ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

“Animals that inhabit shallow waters have evolved to cope with variability in environmental conditions, but in the deep sea, there's very little change in oxygen or temperature or pH across the ...

Deep-sea gigantism may result from a lack of predators in the ocean's deepest corners — meaning animals can safely grow bigger — and/or from the need for organisms to carry more oxygen at ...