Yet amazing communities of life exist at hydrothermal vents and the ... A string of clams winds across a vent. Through chemosynthesis, it turns out. Vent species rely not on photons from the ...

These hydrothermal vents are energy-rich habitats based on chemosynthesis where microorganisms from the base of the food webs ...

Extremophiles: Life in Extreme Conditions Extremophiles are the superheroes of the microbial world. These organisms find a ...

In the deep ocean, life is concentrated at chemosynthetic oases where primary production is made possible via chemosynthesis at cold seeps and deep sea hydrothermal vents. The non-chemosynthetic ...