These dark depths are home to a menagerie of deep sea creatures, from bright red bloody-belly comb jellies (Lampocteis ...
The ocean floor can be flat or it can have caves and mountains. The weather can be very extreme on the oceans. There can be very high winds and huge waves.
The recent project has deep sea researchers using a 7,055-pound robotic explorer named ROV SuBastian to roam and document the ocean floor off the coast of Chile, where deep marine vents emit ...
The team did their investigation about 8,250 feet (2,515 meters) beneath the sea on a stretch of ocean floor they nicknamed the Fava Flow Suburbs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. “Our discovery ...
A volcanically active ridge, the extensive rise occurs where two tectonic plates meet on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Located along the ridge are hydrothermal vents, or openings in the seafloor ...
Tubeworm larvae, sea snails, and marine worms were uncovered living in tiny caves underneath the ocean floor, revealing life is interconnected below and above it. An eelpout swims by a tower of ...
Giant isopods also have very large eyes in comparison to their body too,' explains Miranda. The isopods also have little hooked claws at the ends of their legs. These make the animal more stable on ...
Hydrothermal vents are cracks in the ocean floor that release hot, mineral-rich water into the deep sea. They form when ...
A deep-sea submersible found worms and snails living in cavities below the sea floor — the first time animals have been discovered in such habitats. The creatures may have been pushed into their ...
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Glass bottles over 300 years old have been retrieved from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Divers discovered ... a photo gallery and interactive map of the division's finds.