100 WVIA Way
Pittston, PA 18640

Phone: 570-826-6144
Fax: 570-655-1180

Copyright © 2025 WVIA, all rights reserved. WVIA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
STAND WITH WVIA: Federal Funding Is Cut, Click Here To Support Our Essential Services Now.

How Giant Tube Worms Survive at Hydrothermal Vents

Season 1 Episode 3 | 10m 20s

In this episode, Ed talks to Colleen Cavanaugh and finds out how the tubeworm can live in complete darkness and, more curiously, without even having a mouth or anus. In a process called chemosynthesis, symbiotic bacteria inside the tubeworm use hydrogen sulfide spewed from the vents as an energy source for themselves and for the worms.

Aired: 01/24/18
Extras
We can’t talk to the dead, but in their own way, the dead can speak to us.
Do you remember your first birthday present? No? Good, because it’s gross.
To scientists like Mark Smith, poop is more than just waste – it’s medicine.
Let's put plants in the spotlight and focus on their best microbial partner: Fungi.
A world without microbes seems at first like a utopia, but let’s take a deeper look.
An unlikely alliance with bacteria gives this squid an amazing superpower: Invisibility.
The next time you spot a termite eating on wood, know that they’re not dining alone.
Antibiotics have a key role in medicine, but using them is not a decision made lightly.
Science is inching closer to an unlikely solution to Dengue fever. Bacteria.
You don’t want to be a honeybee when the beewolf is on the prowl.
Latest Episodes
We can’t talk to the dead, but in their own way, the dead can speak to us.
Do you remember your first birthday present? No? Good, because it’s gross.
To scientists like Mark Smith, poop is more than just waste – it’s medicine.
Let's put plants in the spotlight and focus on their best microbial partner: Fungi.
A world without microbes seems at first like a utopia, but let’s take a deeper look.
An unlikely alliance with bacteria gives this squid an amazing superpower: Invisibility.
The next time you spot a termite eating on wood, know that they’re not dining alone.
Antibiotics have a key role in medicine, but using them is not a decision made lightly.
Science is inching closer to an unlikely solution to Dengue fever. Bacteria.
You don’t want to be a honeybee when the beewolf is on the prowl.