Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by Schmidt Ocean Institute, experiments code-named "Mesh Box Staining Gadgets" are sealed to the seafloor ...

There are thousands of crab species, each with its own unique features. While we think of crabs as beach creatures, there are many species that thrive in the deep sea. One example is the yeti crab, ...

Hydrothermal vents shooting out black material are home to two new species of marine snail. Screengrab from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's Youtube video In the depths of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paralvinella hessleri accumulates microscopic particles of arsenic on its outer skin, which reacts with sulfide to form a ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have uncovered an underworld of animal life thriving beneath the seafloor. An expedition to a volcanically active ridge in the Pacific off South America ...