When one thinks of elegance something like a propulsive rocket landing or Simone Biles pirouetting through the air probably comes to mind. The sea-dwelling gossamer worm may deserve a mental slot in ...

In one of the strangest paths to reproduction, this tiny Japanese sea worm actually grows a ‘mini-me’ at its rear end, which it then deploys so it can swim off on its own in search of similar ...

An epitoke swims in a bottle cap. Screengrab from South Carolina Department of Natural Resource's Facebook page. Swarms of four-eyed, hook-jawed sea worms have been spotted along the South Carolina ...

The average scale worm trudges along the seafloor like a tiny armored tank. The worm’s overlapping scales shield its backside from predators, while bristled appendages help it scuttle through the mud.

WASHINGTON – Thousands of feet beneath the sea live worms that can cast off green glowing body parts, a move scientists think may be a defensive effort to confuse attackers. Researchers have dubbed ...

Tsukuba, Japan – If organisms could advertise for new species status, what would the ads look like? For the species just named by a group of Japanese researchers, the ad would probably say, “Have ...