PACIFIC GROVE, CA–Deep in the northeast Pacific Ocean, at 2,200 meters below sea level, scientists exploring a hotsprings area along the mid-ocean ridge have found evidence that tube worms have a hand ...
To blunt the toxic arsenic in the waters where it lives, a deep-sea worm combines it with another chemical to produce a less toxic compound. By Jack Tamisiea Arsenic is a toxic metal, and exposure to ...
Scientists aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) have cataloged 28 possible new species of snails ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image of a male Pectinereis strickrotti worm against a black background. Scientists have discovered a new species of rosy-colored ...
Scientists have discovered a new species of rosy-colored deep-sea worm 30 miles (50 kilometers) off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The worm, named Pectinereis strickrotti, is a type of ragworm, or ...