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

In the deep sea, there are places where chemicals and nutrients seep out of the sediment and into the water. These chemosynthetics-based ecosystems were discovered in 1977, and in the decades since, ...

In the deep waters of the South China Sea, a new species was discovered near a cold seep thousands of feet deep. Marko Blazevic via Unsplash As you get closer to the bottom of the ocean, it gets ...

SANIBEL, Fla. (WFLA) — Southwest Florida beachgoers have noticed an unusual sea creature swimming by to their boats and washing up from the Gulf of Mexico. “It looks like a cross between a jellyfish ...

Deep under the surface of the South China Sea, a new species waits buried in the sand. Matt Hardy via Unsplash More than 4,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, a crack in the seafloor spews gases into ...

These colossal clams were rumoured to kill humans but the opposite is true – climate change, pollution and overharvesting are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As you get closer to the bottom of the ocean, it gets darker, denser and stranger. All light from the surface has been absorbed, ...