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Read about the "devil worm" living in the deep Earth and why Cara Magnabosco, Professor of Geobiology at ETH Zurich, et al, have estimated that microbes of the deep biosphere make up a considerable chunk of life on our planet, accounting for 12 to 20% of the total biomass of Earth's microbes.

bbc.comThe devil worm is the deepest-living animal. It's redefining life at its limitsWhen a single worm was discovered in the depths of our planet's crust, it began an extraordinarily lucky series of events that transformed our understanding of life at extreme depth.

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