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:<br />Earth's Seasonal Secrets / BBC America<br />CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/:<br />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<br />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<br />PourquoiPas MARSITE: by Esspe, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victor6000_Ifremer_PourquoiPas_MARSITE.jpg<br />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<br />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<br />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<br />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<br />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<br />hydrothermal Luky Strike: by Ambre Bodenes, https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00741/85299, https://tinyurl.com/4hfje9bw<br />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<br />Antarctic-seas: by Rooiratel, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctic-seas-en.svg<br />Antarctic-Icefish: by Ferrando S, Castellano L, Gallus L, Ghigliotti L, Masini M, Pisano E, Vacchi M, https://tinyurl.com/85brvr8j<br />Phantom Jellyfish: by MasterfulNerd, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phantom_Jellyfish_Off_of_the_Melchior_Islands.webm<br />Dodemansduimen op wrak: by Stichting Natuurbeelden, https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/814311, https://tinyurl.com/ms72dytj<br />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<br />Eulagisca gigantea: by Daderot, CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, https://tinyurl.com/vkfcekzs<br />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<br />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<br />Animation is created by Bright Side.
