News Life 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 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 Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Jude Coleman May 25, 2023 at 11:00 am More than 5,000 animal species previously unknown to science live in a pristine part of the deep sea.