Oceanography
Discovering new marine pests
A group of British and Swedish scientists have discovered a new marine worm on a whale in the North Sea, on Swedish waters.
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Biology
Ancient worms eat animal bones
A new study of the mysterious phenomenon involving the ancient worm of Osedax, which carved out the bones of marine species, was published in the Biology Letters section…
Animal world
Detecting weird zombie worms
The researchers said traces of the worm worm Osedax (bone-eating worms - also known as zombie worms) were discovered in a 3-million-year fossil specimen in Italy.