For hundreds of years, biologists knew of the giant shipworm only from shell fragments and a handful of dead specimens. Those specimens, despite being preserved in museum jars, had gone to mush. Still ...

It was the year 1731, and the Dutch economy was at the mercy of a clam. But not just any clam, mind you---give the Dutch some credit. This was a true oddity, or at the very least an eccentric. While ...

Just when we thought all of the strange and creepy animals have been discovered, the huge shipworm arrives to prove us wrong. With estimates predicting that there may be as many as 1trn different ...

While locals in Sultan Kudarat, Philippines have known the giant shipworm for quite a while, the scientific world is yet to understand it MANILA, Philippines – When news of the discovery of the ...

Washington: Scientists have discovered the first live specimen of a bizarre, giant worm-like animal in the Philippines that plants itself into mud like carrots and feeds on noxious fumes of sulphur.

Nature’s weirdest clam surprises scientists once again, this time in video footage of its mating habits. By Sabrina Imbler Above the water, September would seem a month like any other in the boatyards ...

Scientists have discovered a bizarre species of shipworm — a giant, black worm-like animal that plants itself into mud like carrots and gets energy from noxious fumes of sulphur. The existence of the ...

For hundreds of years, biologists knew of the giant shipworm only from shell fragments and a handful of dead specimens. Those specimens, despite being preserved in museum jars, had gone to mush. Still ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For hundreds of years, biologists knew of the giant shipworm only from shell fragments and a handful of dead specimens. Those specimens, ...