A newly discovered velvet worm species is the first ever found in South Africa's arid Karoo region. In March 2022, ...

The velvet worm, a squishy little predator that looks like the stretch-limo version of a caterpillar, has a whimsical MO: it ...

Preserved burrows found in ancient rocks suggest that trap-jaw worms have burst from the sand to snatch fish for millions of years. Predatory sand striker worms can grow up to 10 feet in length.

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Exploration on Google Earth led to an astonishing discovery: a massive rock formation protruding from a remote desert landscape, revealing the remains of an ancient seabed. This desolate area, once ...

An ancient worm unearthed in the UK was a carnivorous predator that shoved its throat out to catch and eat prey, according to scientists. The creature, named Radnorscolex latus, was found at a ...

The scientists discovered new fossils in this area, which they identified as an ancient penis worm Eximipriapulus. But that wasn’t the most interesting part of their discovery. Through this ...

However, the scientist added, he wasn’t convinced yet the worms themselves were that old, and that the headline-grabbing result could be an ancient piece of plant matter found at the same time ...

In that case, there would be no control over what is reintroduced to the world. Though the ancient worms in the study died, that outcome was not unexpected given their life cycle, Dr. Kurzchalia said.

An ancient worm caught its prey by "shoving out its throat" and scooping food up, according to scientists. The fossil of the worm, that sounds straight out of a sci-fi film, was unearthed in ...

The roughly 500 million-year-old fossil is an example of the marine species Markuelia hunanensis, an ancient cousin of penis worms (priapulids) and mud dragons (Kinorhyncha). To date, scientists ...