An important distinction we highlight is the difference between mining polymetallic nodules, hydrothermal vents and seamounts ...

Deep-sea vents, commonly referred to as nature’s chemical laboratories, are now discovered to be releasing rare and precious elements. This remarkable finding not only marks a significant advancement ...

HYDROTHERMAL VENTS are the planet’s exhaust pipes. Kilometres below the ocean surface, they relentlessly belch out searing hot water rife with harsh chemicals from beneath Earth’s crust. When they ...

A post in a nightmare fueled lifestyle in a nightmarish hell scape…or a nice story of parasitic nematodes find in fishes at hydrothermal vents over at Parasite of the Day To land-dwelling humans, deep ...

There's increasing interest in deep-sea mining, but the impacts that this will have on the animals that live in the depths isn't fully understood. A new review led by our scientists is giving us our ...

A new type of jellyfish has been discovered at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. A new “black smoker”–an undersea mineral chimney emitting hot springs of iron-darkened water–has been ...

When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, I believed in the promise of deep-sea mining. As an early-career deep-sea ...

Image: Brisingid sea stars in the Lau Basin/South Pacific vent system. Credit: “Ridge 2000” Lau expedition, taken with Jason II in 2005. Click here for a high resolution photograph. A statement of ...

There are thousands of crab species, each with its own unique features. While we think of crabs as beach creatures, there are many species that thrive in the deep sea. One example is the yeti crab, ...