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Fossils of a tiny sea creature that lived 525 million years ago have preserved something paleontologists rarely find: a brain. The specimen, a worm-like animal called Cardiodictyon catenulum recovered ...

It’s enough to chill one’s blood. California whale watchers were left terrified after encountering an undulating blood-red sea creature that looked straight out ...

The nonprofit Schmidt Ocean Institute recently shared a video of the hairy ocean inhabitant — which it dubbed a “sassy sparkler” — on Instagram. “To describe this polychaete [a type of segmented ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light sheds light on other, lesser-known ...

The larvae of a bristle worm, saltwater worms with elaborate, hair-like structures. Photograph By C: Luis Zelaya-Lainez, Vienna University of Technology Most people will never see a bristle worm in ...

Paleontologists have revealed a giant new species of prehistoric "worm lizard" with a powerful bite that is the largest of its kind found to date. The newly identified creature, named ...

Have you ever seen a long, slithering creature in your backyard and wondered whether it is a snake? In India, which is home to a variety of wild creatures living in the midst of busy villages and ...

Despite their name, Christmas tree worms aren’t going to eat up fir and pine trees often used during the holiday season, scientists say. The creatures live in the ocean. Matt Hardy via Unsplash If you ...

Scuba diving scientists found sea creatures with “spaghetti”-like tentacles on coral reefs of Polynesia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Plunging into ...

Deep within Wollemi National Park, about two-and-a-half hours west of Sydney, an old railway tunnel sparkles with thousands of bioluminescent glow worms. After a major upgrade in recent years, the ...