A recent breakthrough in marine biology has unveiled a plethora of new species residing in the mysterious depths of deep-sea ...

In general, sea anemones are known to keep their tube-like bodies relatively vertical and are considered immobile, ...

Reaching the darkest depths of the sea was important because of how scientists, including Campbell, believe that life may ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through ...

While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and molluscs nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) below sea level in the ...

Could deep-sea vents and other extreme environments be the origin of life?

Scientists are constantly learning something new about the deep sea; for example, it was once thought that this realm was completely devoid of light, yet thanks to the work of scientists like Dr ...

The newly-discovered ecosystem surrounding a hydrothermal vent could give scientists clues as to how life began on Earth.

"Personally, a deep-sea origin of life strikes me as a very good possibility," he said. In the end, Kusky said, there may yet be even older black smoker chimney fossils waiting to be discovered.