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.

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 ...

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 ...

They were discovered when a deep-diving, remotely operated vehicle dug into sections of the crust where two tectonic plates meet and there are hydrothermal vents, which are like hot springs on the ...

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 ...

beneath hydrothermal vents under the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean. A community of marine life was found below the East Pacific Rise, a volcanically active ridge located where two tectonic plates ...

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 ...