Beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge where several tectonic plates meet, giant white worms and other ...

So, whenever researchers spot new hydrothermal vents, it’s always pretty exciting. The newly discovered vents are located on the East Pacific Rise, a mid-ocean ridge where two tectonic plates ...

Yet amazing communities of life exist at hydrothermal vents and the so-called "black smoker" chimneys that, given the right conditions, rise above them like erupting stalagmites. Blind shrimp ...

The Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, is a unique corner of the Pacific Ocean ... process can be witnessed first hand. Hydrothermal vents are fissures that expel heated water ...