This is a post about worm holes. Not the physics kind, but the kind an unknown predator bored into the tubes of fossil annelids. For the most part, worms were not the best candidates for entry into ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An expedition to explore the bottom of the sea has glimpsed tube worms living near hydrothermal vents, the first time the bizarre creatures have been seen in the Atlantic Ocean. "I will take that home ...

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 ...

One common sea worm has a rather uncommon trick: Chaeteopterus variopedatus – also known as the parchment tube worm for the paperlike tubes it builds for itself and lives within throughout its life — ...