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.

Microplastics have been found in the bodies of deep-sea organisms living at depths exceeding 2,000 meters. This study ...

Scientists have captured the first-ever footage of the elusive barreleye fish in the Atlantic while discovering two new hydrothermal vent fields and thriving deep-sea ecosystems.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deep-diving robot that chiseled into the rocky Pacific seabed at a spot where two of the immense plates comprising Earth's outer shell meet has unearthed a previously unknown ...

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

Schmidt Ocean Institute. The team also came face-to-face (or submersible-camera-to-face) with some free-swimming deep-sea ...

By Emma Farge GENEVA, July 9 (Reuters) - Over half of mollusc species that cluster around underwater vents and hold promising ...

A team of deep-sea and environmental scientists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has learned more about how some sea anemones are able to live near deep-sea hydrothermal vents by ...

Ocean Networks Canada's hydrophone and the Deep Acoustic Lander are used to monitor hydrothermal vents. Credit: Ocean Networks Canada Deep-sea hydrothermal vents host unique life that survives without ...

A new type of jellyfish has been discovered at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. A new “black smoker”–an undersea mineral chimney emitting hot springs of iron-darkened water–has been ...