This species has been described from hydrothermal vents in 1995.

By now, over 300 new species have been discovered at hydrothermal vents.

Under the sea, hydrothermal vents may form features called black smokers.

Worldwide, more than 700 species have been discovered near hydrothermal vents.

They are found in hydrothermal vents, oil deposits, and hot springs.

There might be a hundred, a thousand, other hydrothermal vents here, each with its own living forms.

Life developed elsewhere would take its time to adapt to the difficult environment around hydrothermal vents.

Among other discoveries, this expedition found evidence of hydrothermal vents.

It has been observed swimming over fields of hydrothermal vents.

Hydrothermal vents are entire ecosystems totally separated from the world of light.

We've also learned that hydrothermal vents play an important role in marine chemical cycles.

Their only known habitats were sunken wood and hydrothermal vents.

This family includes species that can grow in the hostile conditions of hydrothermal vents.

However, hydrothermal vents and cold seeps differ also in many ways.

Originally they may have depended on hydrothermal vents for energy and chemical "food".

It's present today, in the hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the oceans."

Bythograeidae is a small family of crabs which live around hydrothermal vents.

Carbon dioxide is also introduced into the oceans through hydrothermal vents.

These creatures live off hydrothermal vents, which supply them with enormous amounts of energy.

Some scientists suggest that life may have begun on Earth in hydrothermal vents far below the ocean surface.

Recently there has been the discovery of abundant marine life in the deep sea, especially around hydrothermal vents.

This source of energy creates large populations in areas around hydrothermal vents, which provides scientists an easy stop for research.

Some scientists suggest that life on earth could have originated and evolved in conditions similar to those found at hydrothermal vents.

Such concentrations are not known from tubeworm habitats at hydrothermal vents.

Hydrothermal vents on the sea floor have been full of surprises, starting with their unexpected discovery in the late 1970s.