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Image of the alvinellid worm, Paralvinella hessleri. A P. hessleri specimen with buccal tentacles extroverted, lateral view. Note that the animal has a bright yellow color A deep sea worm that ...

At the bottom of the ocean, where metal-rich hydrothermal vents exhale poison, a bright yellow worm has mastered an impossible art: turning lethal elements into armor. Meet Paralvinella hessleri, the ...

(CNN) — Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, revealing a previously unknown but thriving ecosystem. Researchers ...

This mighty deep sea worm turns deadly arsenic into shimmering golden crystals Deep beneath the Pacific, hydrothermal vents spew scorching, toxic fluids, yet the tiny worm Paralvinella hessleri, ...

These deep-sea worms, which are 1% arsenic, are only found at the hottest hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific.

And tube worms were observed living several centimeters deep within the cracks of the seafloor near vents, but the study team wasn’t sure how tiny tube worm larvae, less than 0.04 inch (1 millimeter) ...