The deep-sea volcanoes beneath Earth’s oceans may offer vital clues in the search for alien life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

A 13-foot-wide hot pool formed over the winter in one of Yellowstone’s most active areas, and it could offer new insights ...

The vents expel a fluid that was heated to extreme temperatures when seeping through the Earth's crust from the ocean. Maggie explains, 'Hydrothermal vents are like hot springs on the seafloor. As ...

Scientists discovered three new species of sea spiders that live near the ocean floor and feast on bacteria that convert ...

The presence of apparent biological signatures on Venus has left UK-based researchers chasing down bacterial life in the ...

Hydrothermal vents shooting out black material are home to two new species of marine snail. Screengrab from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's Youtube video In the depths of the Mid-Atlantic ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Until the 1970’s people thought the deepest parts of the ocean were devoid of life- then hydrothermal vents were discovered ...

Amanda Dedicatoria described towering hydrothermal vents rising from the ocean floor like underwater skyscrapers. Just hours ...

A critically endangered fox, called "one of the rarest mammals in the world," was recently caught on camera by a Northern ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

Find out how some animals at Yellowstone National Park make fatal mistakes, and learn about the real reason why hot springs ...