‘Fragile’ deep-sea creature — with 20 tentacles — discovered as new species in Pacific
Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...
Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...
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Researchers inside deep-sea vehicle collect strange creatures — and find new species
Off the western coast of Australia, the Wallaby-Zenith Fracture Zone splits open the seafloor. The fracture in the Earth’s crust reaches depths of 21,000 feet below the surface, and much of it ...
Deep-sea creature — waiting in ‘glass sponges’ to ambush — is new species in Pacific
Eunice siphoninsidiator, or the tube ambushing marine bristle worm, was discovered within the structure of glass sponges by a ...
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Researchers inside deep-sea vehicle collect strange creatures — and find new species
Some of the creatures that call the depths of the WZFZ home were undiscovered until 2017, and now, a manned deep-sea mission has brought more new species into the light. “From October 2022 to ...