The Axial Seamount – located hundreds of miles off the coast of Oregon and nearly 5,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean’s waves ...

Scientists have uncovered a mysterious "Lost City" deep under the ocean, where towering structures and thriving microbial ecosystems defy the extreme conditions.

Certain places on Earth seem far too extreme to support life, but that assumption is far from true. Rather, life apparently ...

Microbes near volcanic vents use a secret metabolic shortcut, the rTCA cycle, to survive extreme conditions and support ...

Imagine a world of darkness, where sunlight never reaches and the pressure is crushing—yet in this abyss, life flourishes in ...

Recent discoveries make this connection even stronger. Scientists found that special rocks in the deep sea can make oxygen without sunlight, at depths of 12,000 feet.

Researchers from Bremen and Taiwan have investigated the methods that are utilized at extremely hot, acidic and sulfur-rich hydrothermal vents in shallow waters off the island of Kueishantao ...

All of that went into decisions to create a report card that sticks to facts, doesn’t overplay or underplay environmental damage, and turns some creatures’ status into stories worth telling.

In the March sea trial, these underwater drones carried out exploration missions in the hydrothermal vent zone. Additionally, the submersible's "fishtail" can automatically extend, retract and ...

marine biologists have studied hydrothermal vents—essentially underwater hot springs—which host dense bacterial communities. These bacteria serve as a food source for specialized creatures ...

Cores extracted from the impact crater revealed evidence of an ancient, life-nurturing hydrothermal system in the wake of the ...

Familiar Creature in Saratoga Springs has 15 cheeses and cured meats from which to build charcuterie boards. A white Negroni at Familiar Creature in Saratoga Springs gets its yellowish hue from ...