Scientists exploring a remote area of the central Indian Ocean seafloor two-and-one-half miles deep have found animals that look like fuzzy snowballs, and chimney-like structures two stories tall ...

Eggs of deep-sea skates have been discovered near the hottest type of hydrothermal vents, where super-heated water emerges out of the sea floor. These vents, called black smokers, emit dark, ...

A new type of jellyfish has been discovered at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. A new “black smoker”–an undersea mineral chimney emitting hot springs of iron-darkened water–has been ...

Hydrothermal vents shooting out black material are home to two new species of marine snail. Screengrab from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's Youtube video In the depths of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, ...

Deep sea explorers have discovered multiple fields in the Atlantic Ocean where super-heated water billows like smoke from the seafloor over 2,200 miles east of Miami. Called “hydrothermal lost cities, ...

A new study about Earth's northernmost seafloor hydrothermal system shows even more variety in vent styles than previously thought. The study has important implications for understanding the origin of ...

A team of international scientists on board the RV Falkor (too), a research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, recently discovered active hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.