Dulcibella camanchaca, a newly identified amphipod from the Atacama Trench. Image credits: Johanna Weston/WHOI. “The deep ocean is a vast reservoir of biodiversity that harbors unique species ...

At first sight, orange and off-white shards of rocks surrounded by dust and dirt are all you can see for thousands of desolate kilometres in the Atacama Desert of Chile. This is one of the driest ...