Initially, the researchers had been looking for the larvae of tube worms and other creatures in the hydrothermal vents. They ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...