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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have discovered three new species of luminescent Polycirrus worms that emit blue-purple light. They named two of them after glowing creatures in Japanese folklore, and the other after the ...

A ribbon worm kept in a laboratory aquarium for decades has turned out to be the oldest known example of its kind. Its age, once overlooked, is now reshaping what scientists know about the lifespan of ...