Tag - Predator

Researchers Uncover New Deep-Sea Predator, Dubbed Darkness

Dulcibella camanchaca, a newly identified amphipod from the Atacama Trench. (Johanna Weston/WHOI)Earth’s oceanic trenches, plunging as deep as 11 kilometers (6.8 miles), remain one of the planet’s most mysterious realms. Their pitch-black waters endure crushing pressures of up to 1,088 atmospheres (16,000 pounds per square inch), yet life somehow thrives in these extreme environments. Despite...