The tube and worm is a lure/bait combination used primarily on the eastern seaboard, where kayak anglers find it's extraordinarily effective for striped bass. The tube is actually surgical tubing cut ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light sheds light on other, lesser-known ...

July 17 (UPI) --Scientists believe a rare tube worm species found in the Gulf of Mexico is the longest-living animal on Earth. According to their latest research, the species, Escarpia laminata, can ...

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have made a discovery with potential human health impacts in a parchment tubeworm, the marine invertebrate ...

Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, revealing a previously unknown but thriving ecosystem. Researchers made ...

Tube worms are ancient creatures that can be found near hydrothermal vents on the seafloor. They don't mind the pressure or lack of sunlight, and they have no mouth or digestive tract. Bacteria that ...

Off the coast Okinawa Island in southwestern Japan, researchers equipped with scuba gear and suction pumps set out to investigate the muddy bottom of Kin Bay. Just over 30 feet down, they came upon a ...

In the depths of the ocean, life can extend far beyond its usual limits. Take the tube worm Escarpia laminata: living in an environment with a year-round abundance of food and no predators, ...

Oasisia tube worm at the top of the Matterhorn chimney. The white area is where tube worms are covered by bacterial mat in the area of most intense fluid flow from the top of the chimney. Disclaimer: ...

Biologist Jon Allen is the proud owner of the world's oldest ribbon worm on record. The adopted invertebrate is fondly called Baseodiscus the Eldest, and he is at least 26 years old, probably around ...

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast ...