Hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor host a broad range of rare and unusual ecosystems. They can be spread far apart, yet ...

Thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface, creatures that have never been formally named are vanishing before scientists ...

Even ecosystems once considered somewhat shielded from human waste are still being reached by it.

By Victoria Schneider In its most recent update to the Red List of threatened species, the International Union for ...

Tiny limpets born at scalding hydrothermal vents nearly 2,000 meters below the ocean surface spend part of their early lives ...

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction ...

Rare molluscs that could advance medicine and technology are increasingly at risk as seabed mineral extraction expands.

HYDROTHERMAL VENTS are the planet’s exhaust pipes. Kilometres below the ocean surface, they relentlessly belch out searing hot water rife with harsh chemicals from beneath Earth’s crust. When they ...

The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and ...

Plastic pollution has become a global environmental crisis, with an estimated 11 million tons of plastic entering the oceans each year. As larger plastic debris breaks down into microplastics, these ...

Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of ...

However, dwindling species can be saved, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which produces the red ...