The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction ...

Rare molluscs that could advance medicine and technology are increasingly at risk as seabed mineral extraction expands.

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming from ...

Scientists have discovered bioluminescence is actually pretty common among deep-sea shrimp, with a new study identifying 157 species that are believed to possess the ability to emit light. Some do it ...

Scientists named 1,121 new marine species in a single year, including a deep-sea ghost shark and a worm that lives inside a ...

Around an island off mainland Taiwan, shrimp trawlers hauled in their nets and started sifting through their catch. A deep-sea predator with "very large" eyes caught their attention - and for good ...

More than 2,000 feet below the surface off the coast of Japan, a new species was discovered. Chong CHEN / JAMSTEC Aboard the Yokosuka cruise, a group of researchers ventured out to sea off the ...

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