A ribbon worm kept in a laboratory aquarium for decades has turned out to be the oldest known example of its kind. Its age, ...

A video shared in late December 2023 authentically showed a ribbon worm, "spitting a living, tree-like proboscis to hunt it's prey." The earliest instance of the video being shared we found was a ...

Biologists used to assume that ribbon worms were short-lived, fragile creatures, the kind of invertebrates that flicker ...

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Most of us are familiar with the segmented worms we see on sidewalks after a rain, in compost piles, or at the end of a fishhook. But there are other worms out there, and they get a lot bigger than a ...

If you own a cat, you’re probably used to surreptitiously whisking a harried skink away from the paws of death, leaving a twitching tail behind as a sad consolation prize. YOU MIGHT FEEL sorry for the ...

Researchers recently found over 100 species of ribbon worm, most of which are new to science, off of the coast of Oman. Most are smaller than a toothpick, though some can grow longer than a blue whale ...

An oddly captivating video of a green, goopy substance attacking its prey is blowing up around the internet so fast it's become a trending topic on Facebook along with news of a Gilmore Girls reunion ...

Prepare to be horrified. We can guarantee that this video is the grossest thing you see all day, so proceed with caution. It's a video of a ribbon worm, and it has been circulating the internet in all ...

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A video shared in late December 2023 authentically showed a ribbon worm, "spitting a living, tree-like proboscis to hunt it's prey." Rating: In late December 2023, a video was circulated on Reddit, ...