New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species ...

Giant tube worms are truly strange creatures that were first discovered living in the hydrothermal vents in the Galápagos. They have no digestive organs whatsoever, and instead get their ...

Scientists discover creatures living beneath the bottom of the sea Scientists discover creatures living beneath the bottom of the sea Smoking Ocean Vents Found in Surprisingly Shallow Water ...

The veteran HOV can now officially dive deeper into the sea, broadening the horizons of scientific discoveries under the ...

Yet amazing communities of life exist at hydrothermal vents and the so-called "black ... Biologists were flabbergasted when they first learned that creatures lived in total darkness at the seafloor.

→Cryptic creature found at volcanic lava field ... They are often found around hydrothermal vents, hydrocarbon seeps or with organic falls like sunken wood and whale carcasses.

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These floods of hydrocarbon-rich fluid and gas are in contrast to hydrothermal vents, and as their name ... s morphology was enough to identify the creature as a new species.