Worm Life Will Find A Way

This image provided by the NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program shows the first live tubeworm seen at a hydrothermal vent site in Atlantic waters during the August 2011 expedition. Chemosynthetic bacteria living inside the tubeworms derive energy from chemicals emitted in the hot water of hydrothermal vents. When Russian scientists examine samples from Lake Vostok, which hasn’t seen light or wind for 20 million years, they may find microbes. If so, it’ll show again that no matter how harsh, life finds a way to survive in the strangest places on Earth. Story here. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)