_{Craig Cary, an associate professor at the University of Delaware, serves as chief scientist on the Extreme 2000 expedition. During the deep-sea dive, Cary will place a first-ever telephone call from the seafloor to answer questions from middle- and high-school students.}

_{Using a long, thin probe known as the Mosquito (top), a team directed by University of Delaware molecular biologist Craig S. Cary found that Pompeii worms survive temperatures up to 176 degrees Fahrenheit (80 degrees Celsius). And, their `heads,' protruding from tube-like dwellings, can be 72F (22C), while their `tails' are 176F. The team measured temperatures every 2 minutes, for up to 3 days.}

_{A team directed by molecular biologist Craig S. Cary, an associate professor within the University of Delaware's College of Marine Studies, measured the heat-tolerance of Pompeii worms, which live in a steamy underwater hell west of Costa Rica. Camped on each worm's back, bacterial hitchhikers crank out enzymes that may hold the key to new protein-based catalysts for making drugs, paper, food and a host of other goods, Cary says.}

_{Craig S. Cary, an associate professor within the University of Delaware's College of Marine Studies, says this deep-sea Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana), is the world's most heat-tolerant creature.}