New species are discovered frequently, but this creature is unlike anything we’ve seen before. Called the giant shipworm, it lives inside a long shell where it consumes noxious chemicals at the bottom ...

For hundreds of years, biologists knew of the giant shipworm only from shell fragments and a handful of dead specimens. Those specimens, despite being preserved in museum jars, had gone to mush. Still ...

It was the year 1731, and the Dutch economy was at the mercy of a clam. But not just any clam, mind you---give the Dutch some credit. This was a true oddity, or at the very least an eccentric. While ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For hundreds of years, biologists knew of the giant shipworm only from shell fragments and a handful of dead specimens. Those specimens, ...

A section of limestone riddled with burrows bored by a unique rock-eating shipworm.Credit: Shipway et al 2019 Proc. R. Soc. B. What would a shipworm do if a shipworm didn’t eat wood? The humble ...

Scientists recently found a massive, suggestively shaped shipworm squelching through the mudflats of the Philippines—the first time the creature has been spotted alive. They described the “beefy, ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- A new animal called the "Giant Shipworm" has been discovered in a lagoon in the southern Philippines. A team of international scientists including medicinal chemist Margo Haygood ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In watching the giant shipworm Kuphus polythalamia ooze out of its ...

Our world seems to grow smaller by the day as biodiversity rapidly dwindles, but Mother Earth still has a surprise or two up her sleeve. An international team of researchers were the first to ...

Nature’s weirdest clam surprises scientists once again, this time in video footage of its mating habits. By Sabrina Imbler Above the water, September would seem a month like any other in the boatyards ...