In a cave 18 metres below the surface at Movile in Romania, sealed off from the outside world for 5.5 million years, biologists have found 48 species that live on hydrogen sulphide and have never seen sunlight - Space Daily
A subterranean ecosystem where toxic fumes sustain life that has evolved in total darkness for millions of years challenges everything we thought we knew about the requirements for survival.
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By Space Daily
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 · 12h ago
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Eighteen metres beneath a dusty patch of scrubland near the Romanian port city of Mangalia, there is a cave whose air would kill you in minutes. The oxygen concentration hovers at roughly half of wha…Read more
