Beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge where several tectonic plates meet, giant white worms and other ...

A volcanically active ridge, the extensive rise occurs where two tectonic plates meet on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Located along the ridge are hydrothermal vents, or openings in the seafloor ...

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

Earth's rigid outer part is divided into colossal plates that move gradually over time in a process called plate tectonics.

All the species were previously known to have lived near such vents, but never underground ... gradually over time in a process called plate tectonics. The East Pacific Rise is located where ...

a fast-spreading ocean ridge where several tectonic plates meet off the coast of South America. The researchers were originally searching for the larvae of tube worms and other hydrothermal vent ...

Oct 23, 2024 08:00:00 Tube worms live beneath the Earth's crust in extremely extreme environments, such as around deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Hydrothermal vents are fissures in the earth that ...

Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, revealing a previously unknown but thriving ecosystem. Researchers ...