Scientists on an expedition near the Galápagos Islands followed a trail of crabs on the ocean floor.
The crabs led them to a field of hydrothermal vents, or deep-sea hot springs.
AdvertisementClusters of white crabs on the ocean floor helped lead scientists to a new discovery off the Galápagos Islands: a field of hydrothermal vents, or deep-sea hot springs, full of life.
Schmidt Ocean InstituteA vent chimney discovered within a previously unknown hydrothermal vent field near the Galápagos Islands.
A large cluster of riftia tube worms proved the researchers were unquestionably in a new hydrothermal vent field.
Persons:
—, Dr, Roxanne Beinart, Hansel, Gretel, Ricardo Visaira Coronel, Dennisse Maldonado, INOCAR, Stuart Banks, Charles Darwin
Organizations:
Service, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Schmidt Ocean, University of Rhode Island, Ecuadorian, Charles, Charles Darwin Foundation
Locations:
Galapagos, Yellowstone