At the bottom of the ocean, a bacterial discovery reshaped our view of life on earth. In this episode, Ed talks to Colleen Cavanaugh and finds out how the tubeworm can live in complete darkness and, ...

A new study uses an innovative approach to examine a shallow-water hydrothermal system and the production of microbes there in situ and near natural conditions as a model to assess the importance of ...

Scientists discovered deep-sea life in the Pacific Ocean. The ecosystems exist over 31,000 feet below. These organisms survive without sunlight. Chemosynthesis provides energy for life. The Fendouzhe ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In 1890, Sergei Nikolaevich Vinogradskii (Winogradsky) proposed a novel life process called chemosynthesis. His discovery that some microbes ...

Bottom dwellers have never been more spectacular. In a tiny, high-tech submersible sunk deeper than the height of Mount Everest, scientists have discovered a flourishing ecosystem some 30,000 feet ...

Scientists have filmed odd communities of life flourishing deeper in the ocean than ever before. The chemosynthesis-based life-forms get their energy from chemical reactions, powered by gases seeping ...