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"Miracle" Microbes Thrive at Earth's Extremes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0917_040...
This news article introduces extremophiles, microbes found thriving in the most inhospitable environments on Earth. It reviews the differences between extremophiles and mesophiles, and how archaea ...

Phylum: Tardigrada (water bears, tardigrades) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/metazoa/tardigrades/...
This web page describes water bears, minute animals that can remain dormant in a dry state for over 100 years. The page addresses what they are, where they are found, their general biology, ...

The Search for Extremophiles on Earth and Beyond part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobiology.com/adastra/extremophiles.html
In this article, Penelope Boston examines the limits of life in a variety of Earth's extreme environments as well as the connection to possible extraterrestrial life. Also included are a number ...

Hot-Water Worms May Use Bacteria as Shield part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0117_050...
This National Geographic news article highlights research being done to study the Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana), the most heat tolerant complex organism on Earth, and its microscopic symbionts. ...

Endoliths part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/endolith.html
This Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Space Flight article describes endoliths, organisms that live inside rocks. Key vocabulary within the article is hyperlinked to similar descriptive ...

Keeping "Cool" at Deep-Sea Vents part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/2001/4/23/keeping-...
This Astrobiology Magazine article reports that a research team of marine scientists has determined that water chemistry controls the location and distribution of two species of weird worms ...

The Worm that Boasts Earth's Hottest Lifestyle part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://annex.exploratorium.edu/aaas-2001/dispatches/the...
This brief Exploratorium dispatch reports that the Pompeii worm, an inhabitant of hydrothermal vent ecosystems, can withstand hotter temperatures than any other creature on earth can -- except for ...

Deep Life in the Slow, Slow Lane part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.296.5570.1056
This Science Magazine article provides an overview of microorganisms able to survive deep beneath the Earth's surface. These organisms live on and within rock, slowly eating away at the rock as ...

Glass Munchers Under the Sea part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/2001/10/29/glass-m...
This NASA Astrobiology Institute article documents recent findings of bacterial life beneath the sea floor. These newly discovered bacteria are thought to live as far down as 500 meters beneath the ...

Black Smokers: Life Forms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.amnh.org/learn/pd/earth/gallery_week6/rfl_ind...
This educational web site features life forms of deep sea hydrothermal systems. Hosted by the American Museum of Natural History, this site offers a brief introduction of the community and then ...