Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Strange organisms that get their energy from chemical reactions instead of the sun have been discovered at the bottom of ocean ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light sheds light on other, lesser-known ...

Methane-consuming serpulid worms on the seafloor off the coast of Costa Rica. Credit: Alvin, WHOI About 1,800 meters below the ocean surface off the western coast of Costa Rica, methane seeps dot the ...

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 made ...

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(CNN) — 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 ...