A report on the multinational study of marine life ecosystems in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge between Iceland and the Azores, one of the least explored areas on the planet, was released Thursday.

The shark, named Miss Costa, was about “300 nautical miles from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge,” the nonprofit OCEARCH reported in a March 31 Facebook post.

But in 2018, Poland was given the right to explore 10,000 sq km of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for mining. Speaking about the decision, Dr Gretchen Fruh-Green, the scientist who led the discovery said that ...

"Hydrothermal vents on the northern (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) have been explored for about four decades. Yet, species of large snails aggregating in conspicuous habitats near hot fluid orifices, such ...