Scientists on board a deep-sea expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have returned with a treasure trove ...

The agency partnered with Schmidt Ocean Institute and others in an expedition looking for “Lost City” vents along the slowly spreading ridge, which runs down the center of the Atlantic Ocean.

Many creatures make their homes above ocean vents, but life underneath the surface was just discovered. Screengrab from Schmidt Ocean Institute YouTube video Deep under the sea, the molten core of ...

in a video the Schmidt Ocean Institute released. “Animals are able to live beneath hydrothermal vents, and that, to me, is mind-blowing.” Scientists have long been intrigued by the animal life ...

The idea of secret worlds beneath the Earth has long been the stuff of science fiction. But new research reveals it’s not as far-fetched as it might appear. Worms and snails have been found living in ...

The researchers deployed SuBastian from the Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel Falkortoo to the vent site deep below. The robot was equipped with arms that wielded a chisel that the ...

Giant tubeworms are seen in a shallow subsurface cavity below deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute The discovery was "spectacular," Bright said ...