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New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents Life-Form Discovered

A new type of jellyfish has been discovered at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. The pink jellyfish resemble "the serpent-haired Medusa of Greek myth," said expedition leader Emily Klein, a geologist at Duke University. The bell-shaped jellyfish sighted near the vents may be of a new species "because no one has seen this color before."

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