Deep sea hydrothermal vents provide geothermal warmth to o... ...ese mineral-rich vents are like "the oases of the deepest ocean," and are thought to be places where many l... ...n in the Caribbean stumbled across this vent, the deepest ever found at 5,000 meters below the oce...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/28/Life-in-the-Deepest-Ocean-Vents-Ever-Discovered/
In 2002, scientists from the the Monterey Bay Aqua... ...ay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) discovered deep-sea worms that feasted on, and helped dispose of, ske... ...d dispose of, skeletons of whales and other large sea animals. The worms belong to the Osedax family an...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/02/bone-eating-zombie-worms/
A new species of "squid worm" has been found 3,000... ...of "squid worm" has been found 3,000 meters below sea level in the Celebes Sea east of Borneo. Not only is it is previously unkn... ...learn about even the large, common inhabitants of deep pelagic communities." In a...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/24/new-squid-worm-found/
Purple-winged enteropneust. Photo: David ShaleScie... ...oto: David ShaleScientists first thought that the deep valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a massive under... ...orm: Blind, purple, and peculiar, this primitive, deep-sea life-form may be akin to the common ancestor of h...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/08/new-deep-sea-life-forms-in-the-atlantic-ocean/
The scaly-foot gastropod (Crysomallon squamiferum)... ...gastropod (Crysomallon squamiferum) is one badass deep sea snail. Not only does it live in the foot of black... ...9, over two miles below the central Indian Ocean, deep within hydrothermal vent fields. Fluids in these...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/11/iron-snail-mother-natures-steampunk/In this Discovery video, which has hit the tubes r... ...this don't rise anywhere near the surface of the sea . They say in the video that this critter is 5 t... ...then it may account for the old mariner tales of sea serpents that were like fish, but huge and sporti... ...a rare glimpse of the bizarre fish...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/11/oarfish-may-be-the-source-of-sea-serpent-legend/
