Scientists just discovered a volcano in the Pacific Ocean hiding something no one expected. Deep underwater, strange giant creatures were found living in conditions that shouldn’t even support life. This isn’t sci-fi — it’s real science happening right now beneath the waves. We break down what was found, how these creatures survive, and why this discovery changes what we know about life on Earth. If you love ocean mysteries and jaw-dropping discoveries, this one will hook you fast. Credit:
Earth's Seasonal Secrets / BBC America
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submarine-volcano: by Rizzo A, Caracausi A, Chavagnac V, Nomikou P, Polymenakou P, Mandalakis M, Kotoulas G, Magoulas A, Castillo A, Lampridou D, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kolumbo-submarine-volcano-(Greece)-An-active-window-into-the-Aegean-subduction-system-srep28013-s2.ogv
Site hydrothermal: by Site hydrothermal profond dans la ZEE de Wallis et Futuna, https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00701/81336, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_hydrothermal_profond_dans_la_ZEE_de_Wallis_et_Futuna_(Ifremer_00701-81336).webm
PourquoiPas MARSITE: by Esspe, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victor6000_Ifremer_PourquoiPas_MARSITE.jpg
Enquête du BEA: by Olivier Dugornay (IFREMER, Pôle Images, Centre Bretagne - ZI de la Pointe du Diable - CS 10070 - 29280 Plouzané, France), https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00790/90239, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enquête_du_BEA_-_ROV_Victor_6000_(Ifremer_00790-90239_-_50809).jpg
Enquête du BEA: by Olivier Dugornay (IFREMER, Pôle Images, Centre Bretagne - ZI de la Pointe du Diable - CS 10070 - 29280 Plouzané, France), https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00790/90242, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enquête_du_BEA_-_Photo_sous-marine_du_ROV_Victor_6000_(Ifremer_00790-90242_-_50869).jpg
Lepetodrilus azoricus: by Jozee Sarrazin (Univ Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, Unité BEEP, F-29280 Plouzané, France), François Lallier (Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, AD2M UMR 7144 CNRS-SU, Station Biologique, 29680 Roscoff, France), https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00775/88698/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lepetodrilus_azoricus_gastropod_assemblage_on_the_Menez_Gwen_vent_field_(MAR)_(Ifremer_00775-88698).webm
sites hydrothermaux: by Ifremer, https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00700/81166/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biodiversité_et_paysages_sous-marins_des_sites_hydrothermaux_TAG_et_Snake_Pit_(Ifremer_00700-81166).webm
émissions de méthane: by Olivier Dugornay (IFREMER, Pôle Images, Centre Bretagne - ZI de la Pointe du Diable - CS 10070 - 29280 Plouzané, France), https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00799/91048, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plongez_en_Mer_Noire_sur_les_émissions_de_méthane_(Ifremer_00799-91048_-_52424).webm
hydrothermal Luky Strike: by Ambre Bodenes, https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00741/85299, https://tinyurl.com/4hfje9bw
Sites hydrothermaux: by Ifremer, https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00699/81102/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sites_hydrothermaux_profonds_de_la_dorsale_médio-atlantique_(Ifremer_00699-81102).webm
Antarctic-seas: by Rooiratel, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctic-seas-en.svg
Antarctic-Icefish: by Ferrando S, Castellano L, Gallus L, Ghigliotti L, Masini M, Pisano E, Vacchi M, https://tinyurl.com/85brvr8j
Phantom Jellyfish: by MasterfulNerd, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phantom_Jellyfish_Off_of_the_Melchior_Islands.webm
Dodemansduimen op wrak: by Stichting Natuurbeelden, https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/814311, https://tinyurl.com/ms72dytj
Haliotis tuberculata: by Fernando Herranz Martín, CC BY 3.0 ES https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haliotis_tuberculata.ogv
Eulagisca gigantea: by Daderot, CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, https://tinyurl.com/vkfcekzs
Thermohaline assembled: by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3884#14416, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thermohaline_assembled.1920x1080.webm
Bennu's Journey: by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Conceptual Image Lab, Music composed by Steven Archer, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asteroid_Bennu%27s_Journey,_the_formation_of_our_Solar_system_and_the_early_Earth,_NASA.webm
Animation is created by Bright Side.
