Marine biologists have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep some 50 kilometers (30 miles) off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at UC ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

The rosy-colored, segmented worms appeared to ... as they explored a methane seep found at a depth of 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) while onboard a deep-sea submersible called Alvin.

Some are bioluminescent, glowing in regions too deep for the sun’s powerful rays to shine. Other sea worms can live surrounded by methane, one of the Earth’s most potent greenhouse gasses.

In a bizarre twist of nature, scientists have discovered three previously unknown species of sea spiders thriving around ...

A new deep-sea worm was discovered in a methane seep located about 50 kilometers off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. This marine research was also supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

A SPARKLY deep-sea worm has stunned researchers with its rainbow ... the El Quisco Seep Area, the Concepcíon Methane Seep Area, the Mocha Island Seep Area, and the Chilean Triple Junction.

One of three methane-eating, deep-sea spider species recently discovered off the Southern California coast. One of three ...

An entire world lives deep under the ocean’s surface, far from human notice and as bustling as any city. Animals such as tubeworms and clams live crowded around plumes of methane that bubble up ...

It’s a good day to be a marine biologist: a bundle of new species has been found living among the deep-sea methane seeps off ... alien-like worms, squat lobsters, mussels, starfish, spindly ...

A newly identified species of deep-sea worm, Pectinereis strickrotti, has been named in Strickrott’s honor. Photo: Ken Kostel ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Methane seeps are parts of the ...

A live male specimen of the new species of deep-sea worm ... and carry the worm’s gills. Rouse and his colleagues have encountered roughly 450 species at the Costa Rican methane seeps since ...