The tubeworms found at hydrothermal sites are unlike almost all other animals on Earth, in that they do not consume other ...

including polychaete worms, sea snails, and the giant tube worm, Riftia pachyptila. Some of the same species were also found ...

A small marine creature resists the invisible threat of plastic. Tardigrades, those quasi-immortal animals, do not appear to ...

The creature, sometimes called a bristle worm, and scientifically known as belonging to the marine polychaete family, is most commonly known as the fireworm for its burning sting that can last ...

The team specifically found the tubeworms R. pachyptila and O. alvinae and the mussels B. thermophilus and also polychaete ...

Tubeworm larvae, sea snails, and marine worms were uncovered living in tiny caves underneath the ocean floor, revealing life ...

Large animals including tube worms and snails have been discovered living under the seabed. Scientists used to think the dark ...

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Hydrothermal vents are found along deep sea cracks in the Earth’s crust, where the high temperature, incredible pressure and ...

Scientists have made an extraordinary discovery, identifying animal life beneath the seafloor at a depth of 2,500 meters for ...

Most Maldivians haven’t, because they don’t know how to swim In honor of the first ever International Polychaete Day, learn about the bristly worms that are everywhere in the ocean While ...

Fish can withstand being tossed around to an extent, too, Cassill said. Little marine worms called polychaete, a cousin of earthworms, have their own special way of surviving a hurricane.