5,000 deep-sea animals new to science turned up in ocean records
The animals live in a zone partly promised to companies for mining exploration
![A photo of a clear glass container with a white sea cucumber floating in a clear liquid. Other clear glass containers are sitting on the table behind the sea cucumber with out of focus books on shelves in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/052423_jc_CCZdiversity_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Researchers know of only an estimated 10 percent of the animals, like this preserved sea cucumber, that live in a deep-sea ecosystem in the Pacific Ocean that’s targeted for mining exploration.
Trustees of the Natural History Museum London