Tubeworm larvae, sea snails, and marine worms were uncovered living in tiny caves underneath the ocean floor, revealing life ...

On the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, near fissures spewing hot water, a submersible stumbled upon a thriving community of animals living in cavities below.

Planetary scientists have theorized that hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the oceans beneath the ice on moons of Jupiter like Europa and Ganymede, and the Saturn satellite Enceladus ...

A deep-sea expedition made the surprising discovery of a previously unknown ecosystem in which animals such as giant tube worms thrive beneath hydrothermal vents.

"It was once believed that only microbes and viruses inhabited the subseafloor crust beneath hydrothermal vents," the study ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft lifted off Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, ...

The tubeworms found at hydrothermal sites are unlike almost all other animals on Earth, in that they do not consume other ...

Researchers have long studied animal communities near such hydrothermal vents. Many thought only microbes and viruses could ...

Hydrothermal vent nanostructures could mimic life's processes, channeling ions and generating energy, aiding theories of life ...

Picture an ice-covered landscape, rough and rocky. Plumes of water vapor erupt from the surface. Tendrils of algae lurk in ...

Groundbreaking new research offers insight into how life might exist in other extreme environments, such as on Mars or icy ...