FUJISAWA, Kanagawa -- An aquarium here has succeeded in successive breeding of a rare deep sea tube worm, often called the "zombie worm," which survives on the bones of dead whales fallen to the sea ...

The worm is a nemertean, a group of soft-bodied marine predators found from tide pools to the deep sea. Its species is ...

A new study led by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is painting a more complete picture of an extraordinary sea worm that makes its living in the depths of the ocean ...

Last week, the internet was flooded with seemingly not-safe-for-work images of Urechis caupo, a.k.a. the penis fish. Known as the fat innkeeper worm by marine biologists, thousands of penis fish were ...

Identify aquarium worms and learn maintenance tips for a healthy tank. Reviewed by Nick Saint-Erne If you have noticed tiny white worms in your fish tank, you likely have one of two issues to address.

In all the ocean deeps of the world, thousands upon thousands of strange creatures feast in darkness on the refuse that falls steadily like snow from tiny dead plants and animals far above. Others ...

It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such worms do exist in the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Recent storms have stranded thousands of fat innkeeper worms on Drakes Beach In Point Reyes National Seashore. The Bay Nature website reported this week that the fat worms, also ...

A giant fish-eating worm with jaws twice the width of its body has been discovered hiding amongst coral and rocks in a Hull aquarium. Staff at The Deep found the 1m-long (3.2ft) Bobbit worm as the ...

Aquarium shop workers investigating the disappearance of dozens of fish found the culprit - a terrifying three-and-a-half-foot sea worm hidden in a tank for ten years. By Agencies 18 October 2013 • 12 ...

This is the creepy moment a gruesome 27-inch-long Antarctic sea beast devoured a dead fish whole. Four of the carnivorous 'wrinkle ribbon worms' have been in the care of Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium ...