Parasites do very well for themselves, which is why they are so common in the animal kingdom. Geoffrey Read, CC BY If you’re an oyster lover, seeing a shaggy worm slither across your appetizer is ...

A new study found that an ancient, odd-looking creature used shells to protect itself long before the hermit crab, a remarkable discovery that scientists say is the earliest example of the hermit life ...

Shells of worm snails, also known as vermetids, from a Waialua beach. Some people call these mollusks tube snails, but since the reef also hosts abundant species of tube worms, this name is confusing.

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Hermit crabs move into other animals’ discarded shells as shelter, because the ocean is a treacherous place, full of hungry predators. Half a billion years ago, another creature evolved the same ...

It’s a small, fleshy creature, no more than an inch in length, with elongated spines and menacing pharyngeal teeth used to crush food. It lived in muddy shallow waters some hundreds of millions of ...

A mysterious animal about a foot long that looks like shell bits and ocean debris strung together on a string just appeared in the sand on Padre Island National Seashore. Park officials on Tuesday ...

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If you’re an oyster lover, seeing a shaggy worm slither across your appetizer is revolting – even though such worms are harmless to people. An internet search using the keywords “oyster” and “worm” ...

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A new study found that an ancient, odd-looking creature used shells to protect itself long before the hermit crab, a remarkable discovery that scientists say is the earliest example of the hermit life ...