ABSTRACT: At 2 modern deep-water cold-seep sites, the North Alex Mud Volcano (eastern Mediterranean Sea, water depth ~500 m) and the Concepción Methane Seep Area (south-east Pacific Ocean, water depth ...

Cold seeps, the sites on the ocean floor where the bubbles of the methane gas rise up, are a home for a varied communities of bacteria, bivalves and other associated life forms. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

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 ...

Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps were discovered more than 20 years ago, yet remarkably little is known about the biodiversity of these chemosynthetic ecosystems. Deep-sea vents and seeps occur in ...

Researchers have isolated a new strain of marine bacteria with unique characteristics from the ocean seabed. Researchers have isolated a new strain of marine bacteria with unique characteristics from ...

Indigenous and Western scientists are working together to uncover biodiversity in the icy deep. They’re getting some eight-armed help. An Pacific warty octopus mom fights off multiple crabs to protect ...