Worms that inhabit hydrothermal vents combine environmental arsenic and sulfide to form a nontoxic mineral to survive in a harsh environment. Unlike this vibrant worm, most other deep-sea denizens ...
At the bottom of the ocean, where metal-rich hydrothermal vents exhale poison, a bright yellow worm has mastered an impossible art: turning lethal elements into armor. Meet Paralvinella hessleri, the ...
The hydrothermal vents far beneath the Pacific Ocean erupt with scorching fluids loaded with chemicals that could kill most animals instantly, but one creature not only endures this chemical storm but ...