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 ...

At the Bay of Conception this process can be witnessed first hand. Hydrothermal vents are fissures that expel heated water and are evidence that the Earth's crust is being ripped apart.

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 ...

A new study about Earth's northernmost seafloor hydrothermal system shows even more variety in vent styles than previously thought. This has important implications for understanding the origin of ...

from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. The team recently published their results in the journal iScience. The researchers developed a method that enabled them to analyze time-series gene expression at ...