The demand for rare raw materials, such as cobalt, is fuelling the exploration of the deep-sea floor for mining. Commercial deep-sea mining is currently prohibited in areas beyond national ...

Recent molecular phylogenetic analysis has shown that the marine animals known as peanut worms are not a separate phylum, but are definitely part of the family of annelids, also known as segmented ...

Researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto have described an exceptionally well-preserved new fossil species of bristle worm called Kootenayscolex barbarensis. Discovered ...

Annelids exhibit a remarkable capacity for regeneration that has long fascinated biologists, not only for its intrinsic biological interest but also for its potential applications in regenerative ...

A new species of ancient sea worm with an impressively elaborate set of star-shaped chaetae has been discovered after its puzzling fossilized form was found to be animal not mineral. And just as ...

A new genetic analysis of a large group of ringed worms called annelids proves a 150-year-old hypothesis that these many species can be split into the lazy bums and the jocks. The annelids, which ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Since its inception in 1867, The American Naturalist ...

Clusters of fossil serpulid worm tubes, like these Rotularia from the British Eocene, are common fossils in many Mesozoic and Cenozoic marine rocks The Museum’s collection of fossil annelids is both ...

When most of us think of worms, we think of the earthworm; and though there are many species of the dirt-dwelling creatures, most look pretty similar, says Dr. Mark Siddall, Curator of the Division of ...