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A squat lobster and blackbelly rosefish find shelter on a Lophelia pertusa coral reef off the southeastern United States.
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Deep-sea Corals

It may be the last place you’d expect to find corals—up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft)...
April 2018
Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Methane Bubbles Up From Seep

Methane gas, trapped deep within the Earth's crust, can slowly leak from cracks in...
Riftia tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) colonies near hot spring.

The Microbes That Keep Hydrothermal Vents Pumping

Life is typically sparse on the deep seafloor, where organisms endure high...
March 2016

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