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 ...

(TMX) – Scientists say a tiny, nocturnal worm that lives in the Mediterranean Sea has eyes so large that if a human had them, they “would need a big sturdy wheelbarrow and brawny arms to lug around ...

A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition of the Chile Margin Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

The rare creatures, which are made up of 60 to 150 different segments, can reproduce sexually or asexually Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with ...

Antarctic marine worms survive with a little help from their bacterial friends. Close relatives of earthworms, polychaetes are some of the most common animals on the ocean floor, but how these species ...