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 ...

There are more than a billion bacteria in just one litre of seawater. How do all of these organisms find the energy and nutrients they need to survive? In the nutrient-rich waters near the surface of ...

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, ...

At the top of a mountain in southwest Turkey, the ground spits fire. Known as the Flames of Chimaera, they have burned for millenniums. Local myth long held that these fires were the breath of a ...

Woods Hole, MA (April 22, 2022) - Most visitors to Paliochori Beach on the Greek island Milos may not be aware of the bay’s shallow-water hydrothermal community, a veritable Greek salad of microbes, ...