Perhaps the most astonishing among these are deep-sea tubeworms—creatures that thrive without a mouth, a gut, or even a hint of sunlight. Their existence defies everything we think we know about ...

Vestimentiferan tubeworms, unique deep-sea dwellers lacking a digestive system, rely on a symbiotic partnership with sulfide-oxidizing endosymbiotic bacteria (endosymbionts) for nutrients.

Tubeworm larvae, sea snails, and marine worms were uncovered living in tiny caves underneath the ocean floor, revealing life is interconnected below and above it. An eelpout swims by a tower of ...

Giant tubeworms are seen in a shallow subsurface cavity below deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute The discovery was "spectacular," Bright said ...

The problem with this theory, however, is that tubeworm larvae have never been detected in open water. Aware of this, Sabine Gollner at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Monika ...

A variety of sea life clusters around the vents, which belch out elements that help bacteria, mussels, tube worms and other animals survive at extreme ocean depths. The vent ecosystem has been ...

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living underneath the seafloor in an area with volcanic activity. Giant tubeworms, which are known as the ...