Scientists have recently uncovered a previously unknown hydrothermal vent field off the coast of the Galápagos Islands, aided ...

Therefore sea pigs - and other deep-sea creatures - can look very different ... Sea spiders, while a closer relation to the crab than a true spider, have eight long, spindly legs and tiny bodies.

Microbes near volcanic vents use a secret metabolic shortcut, the rTCA cycle, to survive extreme conditions and support ...

Recent discoveries make this connection even stronger. Scientists found that special rocks in the deep sea can make oxygen ...