Deep sea researchers have discovered a whole new ecosystem underneath hydrothermal vents in the ocean floor. Hydrothermal vents have long been an ecologically exciting environment for researchers, as ...

Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches The community of creatures were discovered during a dive into an ocean trench which forms between tectonic plates. The ...

Scientists exploring one of the most remote corners of the Pacific Ocean have uncovered what they say is the deepest known ecosystem on Earth, a methane-fueled community of strange marine life ...