Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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.

A dozen twists of a knife were all it took to tarnish the unblemished reputation of Washington’s oysters. It was 2017, and Teri King, an aquaculture specialist for Washington Sea Grant, a marine ...

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 ...

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” ...

A dozen twists of a knife were all it took to tarnish the unblemished reputation of Washington’s oysters. It was 2017, and Teri King, an aquaculture specialist for Washington Sea Grant, a ...

PADRE ISLAND, Texas – The image below may look like a long rope covered in seashells or a unique shell, but according to Padre Island National Seashore, that’s not the case. At first glance, this ...