Known as hydrothermal vents, these underwater volcanic ridges have long been known to attract all manner of microscopic marine life to the otherwise largely uninhabited seafloor. Until this ...

Giant tubeworms - the world's heftiest worms - and other marine invertebrates such as snails and bristle worms were found using the remotely operated underwater ... near such vents, but never ...

It's like having your own private piece of the Caribbean wherever you go. For those who want to explore the underwater world without getting wet, there's the Nemo Lounge. Located approximately 16 ...

Over the last few years, Virginia Tech scientists have been looking to the octopus for inspiration to design technologies that can better grip a wide variety of objects in underwater environments.

Deep-sea volcanic ridges, formed by the collisions of tectonic plates, create underwater hot springs in an otherwise frigid environment. These hydrothermal vents belch warm towers of elements that ...

Scientists are now trying to understand how the tube worm larvae get around so quickly to colonize new areas around the vents created after each underwater eruption. One theory is that the larvae ...