It’s enough to chill one’s blood. California whale watchers were left terrified after encountering an undulating blood-red sea creature that looked straight out ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The worm builds a thin mucus tube on the lower part of the sponge and presses ...

However, the researchers didn't find any evidence of zombie worms that are crucial to decompose the bones of the deceased ...

They’re like living feather dusters whose mouths can see you coming. The simplest animal eyes consist of light-sensitive ...

A strange and mesmerizing marine worm has recently gone viral online, and once you see it, you’ll understand why. This bizarre creature, known as Eulagisca gigantea, looks like it belongs in a sci-fi ...

The larvae of a bristle worm, saltwater worms with elaborate, hair-like structures. Photograph By C: Luis Zelaya-Lainez, Vienna University of Technology Most people will never see a bristle worm in ...

Bobbit worms are real marine predators whose appearance and hunting style have shocked scientists and viewers alike. Hidden beneath the ocean floor, they wait motionless until prey moves within ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Cutting beneath sand on the desert world of Arrakis, giant sandworms strike fear and inspire awe in the blockbuster “Dune” films. Introduced in the 1965 novel, the sandworm has grown ...

'Very novel and very puzzling': Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant Giant North American 'hell pigs' could crunch bones like lions 30 million years ...

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australi a n hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain. Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through ...

In incredible new footage, a worm-like creature feeds its babies with a milk-like substance similar to what mammals give their newborns. It is the first time this behavior has been documented in ...