Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, ...

Fossils in China reveal early life that predates animals and show that ancient ecosystems were more complex than previously ...

July 17 (UPI) --Scientists believe a rare tube worm species found in the Gulf of Mexico is the longest-living animal on Earth. According to their latest research, the species, Escarpia laminata, can ...

Tube worms are ancient creatures that can be found near hydrothermal vents on the seafloor. They don't mind the pressure or lack of sunlight, and they have no mouth or digestive tract. Bacteria that ...

When threatened, the marine parchment tube worm secretes a sticky slime that emits a unique long-lasting blue light. New research into how the worm creates and sustains this light suggests that the ...

An expedition to explore the bottom of the sea has glimpsed tube worms living near hydrothermal vents, the first time the bizarre creatures have been seen in the Atlantic Ocean. "I will take that home ...

Scientists working off the Carolina coast say they made a startling discovery when a typically deep-water tubeworm popped out of a rock “like a jack in the box.”Scientists with the U.S. Geological ...

Off the coast Okinawa Island in southwestern Japan, researchers equipped with scuba gear and suction pumps set out to investigate the muddy bottom of Kin Bay. Just over 30 feet down, they came upon a ...

In the depths of the ocean, life can extend far beyond its usual limits. Take the tube worm Escarpia laminata: living in an environment with a year-round abundance of food and no predators, ...