There exists a creature at the bottom of lagoons known as a shipworm, and it’s so terrifying to look at that most would vomit at the thought of having to touch it. Nevertheless, the creature has gone ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In watching the giant shipworm Kuphus polythalamia ooze out of its ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- A new animal called the "Giant Shipworm" has been discovered in a lagoon in the southern Philippines. A team of international scientists including medicinal chemist Margo Haygood ...

For hundreds of years, biologists knew of the giant shipworm only from shell fragments and a handful of dead specimens. Those specimens, despite being preserved in museum jars, had gone to mush. Still ...

It was the year 1731, and the Dutch economy was at the mercy of a clam. But not just any clam, mind you---give the Dutch some credit. This was a true oddity, or at the very least an eccentric. While ...

An enormous, worm-like mollusk called a shipworm that inhabits a shell resembling an elephant’s tusk was recently seen for the first time ever. The animal’s long, tubular shells — which measure 3 to 5 ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

That image above, depending on what your job is, could well be considered not safe for work. What you're looking at is a giant shipworm---a scientific legend that can grow to over five feet long. It's ...

Nature’s weirdest clam surprises scientists once again, this time in video footage of its mating habits. By Sabrina Imbler Above the water, September would seem a month like any other in the boatyards ...

For hundreds of years, biologists knew of the giant shipworm only from shell fragments and a handful of dead specimens. Those specimens, despite being preserved in museum jars, had gone to mush. Still ...