researchers believed that only microbes and viruses could survive in the harsh environment of hydrothermal vents. But a ...

As he shined his light on the water, large, worm-like sea creatures appeared to be swimming around, the video shows. At first, a single animal appears in the video. Then, more and more come into frame ...

As the only woman who has piloted the deep-ocean research submersible Alvin, Van Dover is among the few researchers to have explored hydrothermal vents firsthand. A love of the ocean lured Nicole ...

Giant tubeworms, which are known as the world's heftiest worms and can grow to several ... two tectonic plates meet and there are hydrothermal vents, which are like hot springs on the ocean's ...

We are exploring the role of hydrothermal vents in driving the evolution of novel adaptations in deep-sea animals, throughout the 500+ million year history of complex life on our planet. In many parts ...

tube worms with no mouth or anus. They were feeding on microbes that were living in the vents. 4. Hydrothermal vents are gaps in the sea bed Gaps from which water streams out, heated from the ...

Palm worms and scale worms are also present ... and colleagues, was titled "Nitrogen Fixation at 92 degrees Celcius by a Hydrothermal Vent Archaeon." ...

Their expedition was to look for hydrothermal ... the hot vents and chimneys were thriving communities of strange species such as giant clams, eyeless shrimp, and colorful tube worms.