Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming from ...

The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

By analyzing 1,648 sediment samples, 622 samples of Hirondellea gigas — a deep-sea shrimp-like species — and 11 categories of deep-sea fish, the research team made several discoveries.

Caption Many rare seafloor species, such as these shrimp (Rimicaris hybisae) could be threatened when companies begin mining at mineral-rich sites near deep-sea hydrothermal vents.An international ...

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...