Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have given us another reason to fear – or marvel at – ruddy-hued marine bloodworms. The haunting, copper-fanged ...

Bloodworms are curious creatures: they live on the seabed in shallow waters and are one of the world’s only venomous worm species. When they attack their prey – mostly small crustaceans – they shoot ...

Bloodworms are known for their unusual fang-like jaws, which are made of protein, melanin, and concentrations of copper not found elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Scientists have observed how these ...

Left: Image of the everted proboscis of Glycera dibranchiata with its four jaws exposed, Right: Scanning electron microscope image of a Glycera jaw (Matter/Wonderly et al.) (CN) — The good news about ...

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I’m not much on new technology – I believe in doing things the old-fashioned way, even when it’s wrong. But a breakthrough on the fishing front made even this crusty curmudgeon take notice. We’re ...

Scientists have given us another reason to fear – or marvel at – ruddy-hued marine bloodworms. The haunting, copper-fanged invertebrates that may grow to over a foot long can do something remarkable ...