Deep-Sea Creatures Are Crafting Their Own Worlds Beneath the Ocean Floor, Study Finds
Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.
Strange corkscrew burrows and other unexpected structures discovered 4.7 miles deep in the Japan Trench
New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...
Social media ‘sobbing’ over deep-sea fish: ‘I have no one to talk about it’
National Geographic explained how the scientists who spotted this anglerfish — also referred to as the “black seadevil” for ...
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More Than 600 "Animal Architect" Species Are Shaping The Face Of The Earth
A first-of-its-kind global assessment has revealed 603 wild animals plus five livestock taxa that do more than just inhabit ...
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The Wallace Line: A natural border line that no species will cross
The Wallace Line divides species in Southeast Asia. A deep ocean trench prevents animal migration. Even flying birds rarely ...
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Australia wildlife rangers start euthanising 90 dolphins stranded on remote Tasmanian beach after refloating attempt failed
Wildlife rangers will today begin shooting 90 dolphins stranded on a remote Australian beach, saying the stressed creatures ...
Strange discovery inside cases shipped from 'hostile' world 8km below surface
The contents of three large metal cases have changed our understanding of life under the ocean. Inside were vials of sediment ...
Deep-sea organisms shape ocean floor at 7.5 km depth
Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...