(sakchai vongsasiripat/Moment RF/Getty Images) Nearly 12,000 new viruses have been hiding on the seafloor. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don’t miss a story, subscribe here. Post navigation Revolutionary Feathered Dinosaur Discovery in China Suggests Flight Evolved Multiple Times This Sea Creature Looks Like Poop. It May Also Live For 120 Years.