Video:
Amazing Creatures of Galapagos Hydrothermal Vents
While exploring near the Galapagos, the team of E/V Nautilus encountered some beautiful creatures, including the Flamboyant Squid Worm, a species just discovered in 2007.
Expedition
Galapagos Rift Exploration
The E/V Nautilus will spend several weeks exploring the Galapagos Rift region. The Galápagos Islands have been instrumental in the establishment of the biological theory of evolution, gaining insights to our knowledge of the chemistry of the Earth’s interior, and understanding the plate tectonic evolution of the eastern Pacific seafloor. In 1835 Charles Darwin visited the islands aboard the HMS Beagle and made fundamental biological and geological observations in the area.
