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Scientists Awaken Deep Sea Bacteria After 100 Million Years
The microbes had survived on trace amounts of oxygen and were able to feed and multiply once revived in the lab.
Scientists Awaken Deep Sea Bacteria After 100 Million Years
Scientists Awaken Deep Sea Bacteria After 100 Million Years

The microbes had survived on trace amounts of oxygen and were able to feed and multiply once revived in the lab.

The microbes had survived on trace amounts of oxygen and were able to feed and multiply once revived in the lab.

deep sea exploration

Image of the Day: Vampire Squid
Emily Makowski | Sep 11, 2019 | 1 min read
The unusual cephalopod was spotted on a recent underwater research expedition.
Deepwater Coral Reefs Unlikely to Welcome Shallow-Water Animals
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jul 20, 2018 | 2 min read
Historically thought to be a refuge for coral growing in the shallows, coral reefs from oceanic depths face similar threats, finds a new study.
Oh, Captain
The Scientist | Jun 30, 2018 | 1 min read
Meet Cindy Van Dover, a deepsea explorer and the first female to pilot Alvin, the submersible that has ferried researchers into some of the ocean's deepest depths.
Proposed Seismic Surveys Raise Concern Over Health of Marine Life
Ashley Yeager | May 11, 2018 | 5 min read
The Atlantic has been free of intense air-gun blasts to probe for oil and gas for 30 years, and researchers fear for endangered North Atlantic right whales and other animals.
Image of the Day: Eyes from the DeepĀ 
The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Nov 15, 2017 | 1 min read
Scientists have discovered a new type of eye cell in a deep-sea fish species.
Inside the Expedition Discovering New Coral Reefs
Catherine Offord | Jul 1, 2016 | 4 min read
As technology takes science deeper into the world’s oceans, researchers are discovering reef systems far from warm, shallow tropical waters.
Amazonian Reef
The Scientist | Jun 30, 2016 | 1 min read
See footage from the expedition that discovered a coral reef hiding beneath the massive muddy plume at the mouth of the Amazon River.
Half Mile Down, 1934
Jenny Rood | Jul 1, 2015 | 2 min read
In his bathysphere, William Beebe plumbed the ocean to record-setting depths.
Orb-iters
The Scientist | Jun 30, 2015 | 1 min read
See how William Beebe and Otis Barton descended to the ocean's depths in an early submersible designed to allow access to the mysterious lifeforms inhabiting the deep sea.
Extreme Living
Jeffrey Marlow and Jan Amend | Jan 31, 2015 | 1 min read
Take a tour of deep-sea methane seeps and meet the organisms that call these extreme environments home.
Life-Finding Expeditions
Jef Akst | Dec 18, 2014 | 2 min read
Researchers analyzing samples from the deepest-ever marine drilling expedition identify living microbes, while a team exploring the Arctic finds life thriving below the ice.
Microbes Thrive in Deepest Ocean
Sabrina Richards | Mar 17, 2013 | 3 min read
Researchers find remarkably active bacteria in the Mariana Trench, where they live under pressure 1,000 times greater than at the surface.
Live Slow, Die Old
Ed Yong | May 17, 2012 | 3 min read
Ancient bacteria living in deep-sea sediments are alive—but with metabolisms so slow that it’s hard to tell.
James Cameron Hits Rock Bottom
Hannah Waters | Mar 27, 2012 | 1 min read
The movie director-turned-explorer made the 6.8-mile drop to the deepest point on the seafloor, but wasn’t too impressed by what he found.
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