The slimy giant shipworm can grow up to 155 centimetres (five feet) in length, despite living a sedentary life in ocean sediment. The slimy giant shipworm can grow up to 155 centimetres (five feet) in ...
They bedeviled ancient Greek navies, helped shipwreck Christopher Columbus, aided in the sinking of the Spanish Armada and caused the wharves in San Francisco Bay to collapse into the sea, but until ...
The three-foot long creature has long eluded scientists, but they finally got a closer look Jason Daley Correspondent The giant shipworm, Kuphus polythalamia, is not new to science. As Ben Guarino at ...
An enormous black worm that lives in the mud of the sea floor and survives on the remnants of noxious gases digested by bacteria has been unveiled by scientists for the first time. The slimy giant ...
Secret of the world’s most destructive and intriguing mollusk has implications for everything from climate change to human health AMHERST, Mass. – They bedeviled ancient Greek navies, helped shipwreck ...