The bobbit worm, also known by its scientific name Eunice aphroditois, is a segmented worm species in the phylum Annelida.

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All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Giant Worm Rider Giant Worm Rider is a VR worm riding game with a retro aesthetic. Swing on the back of a giant worm and experience the immersive sci-fi ...

Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands. Giant worms ...

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If you haven't seen a Bobbit worm yet - stick around. Here are some of the more memorable moments from the second series. Here are the giant trevally at work. You'd be forgiven for associating ...

Meet the Vanadis bristle worm - a creature no bigger than a piece of spaghetti. This tiny marine worm lives around the Italian island of Ponza and is nocturnal, which means it sleeps in the day ...

Giant predatory worms are invading France. The worms are part of a group of species called hammerhead flatworms, which originate in tropical Asia. The worms have gone largely unnoticed for close ...

It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum, one of several surviving species of redwoods.