https://apnews.com/article/hydrothermal-vents-seafloor-tubeworms-aa4e81dbb57009291c8747f025400c5d

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have uncovered an underworld of animal life thriving beneath the seafloor.

An expedition to a volcanically active ridge in the Pacific off South America has revealed worms, snails, giant tubeworms and other strange creatures lurking below steamy underwater hot springs.