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Researchers Say Spaceflight May Help Microscopic Worm Live Longer
New research has shown that spaceflight may extend the lifespan of a microscopic worm, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. (July 8, 2012)

Bone Eating Zombie Worms Use Acid to Drill Through Bones
Scientists have discovered that tiny bone-devouring zombie worms (Osedax), known to both eat and inhabit dead whale skeletons and other bones on the sea floor, have the unique ability to release bone-melting acid. (July 2, 2012)

Flatworm Regenerates Without Centrosomes
Schmidtea mediterranea is a freshwater flatworm found in southern Europe and Northern Africa. (January 6, 2012)

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Observes First Live Vent Tubeworms Seen in Atlantic
Ocean explorers on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer observed the first known live tubeworms ever seen at a hydrothermal vent in Atlantic waters. (September 9, 2011)

New Zealand Land Snail Consumes Earthworm in Sudden, Rapid Attack
This video shows a New Zealand land snail consuming an earthworm with a sudden, rapid attack. (June 25, 2011)

Marine Scientists Discover Rare Enteropneust Acorn Worms in Atlantic Ocean
Scientists discovered different varities of the Enteropneust acorn worm during a search of deep-sea life in the Atlantic Ocean. (July 7, 2010)

Osedax Mucofloris is a Bone-Eating Snot-Flower Worm
Osedax mucofloris is also known as the bone-eating snot-flower worm. (June 1, 2010)

Raleigh Sewer Blob is Tubifex Worm Colony
Wired reports that the viral video reportedly of an "unknown lifeform" that was recorded in a sewer in Raleigh, North Carolina is a colony of tuibifex worms. (July 2, 2009)

Flatworm Penis Fencing: Fight to be the Male
Here's a video showing flatworm's penis fencing. The flatworm that manages to stab and inseminate the other becomes the father. (September 10, 2008)

Save the Giant Earthworms
In Spokane, Washington conversvationists are trying to get federal protection for the three feet long Giant Palouse Earthworm. (September 12, 2006)