A University of Sydney study reveals that sponge-dwelling bacteria break down toxic ammonia and dead algae to sustain life in ...

When we think of marine life, we usually picture colorful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other ...

A field of deep-sea mussels (Bathymodiolus sp.) on the Atlantic margin seafloor near a cold methane seep. The crushing pressures and scarcity of light make life in the deep sea difficult, but a group ...

A bacterial parasite can infiltrate the nuclei of deep-sea mussels, take control of the cell and reproduce to over 80,000 cells, all while the host is alive. Now, we know how. Researchers at the Max ...

Deep-sea Bathymodiolus mussels are found worldwide at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. The mussels live in symbiosis with beneficial bacteria that provide them with nutrition. The mussels also have ...

Deep-sea Bathymodiolus mussels are found worldwide at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. The mussels live in symbiosis with beneficial bacteria that provide them with nutrition. The mussels also have ...

Pettibone, Marian H. 1986. "A new scale-worm commensal with deep-sea mussels in the seep-sites at the Florida escarpment in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Branchipolynoinae)." ...

Scientists discovered a species off the Alabama coast that is part of group of mussels never before seen at such shallow depths. By Veronique Greenwood The creature was tiny, about the size and color ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It’s just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach of the sunlight needed for photosynthesis. The life that does survive in ...