The chiton was first discovered in 2024 in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench at a depth of 5,500 meters. Ferreiraella populi belongs ...

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In a mountainous cave of southeastern China, a pale creature with "sharp" claws moved along the rocky ground. A beam of light cut through the shadows and eventually landed on it. Scientists peered at ...

There isn’t a lot going on here, compared to other places. For example, a sample from the bottom of the North Sea can contain up to 20,000 animals, while a sample from the deep sea floor may only have ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

Scientists found an aquatic cave creature with “visible” internal organs in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Shi, Chen, Che, Dao, Liu, Wang, Yang and Wang (2025) The ...

Deep-sea creatures in the trenches of Japan’s volcanically active "Ring of Fire" belt are rapidly adapting to immense depths, scientists found. These observations were part of a crewed submersible ...