Heading to the beach? Pack duct tape and vinegar for the bristle worm that, if touched, makes people feel like they’re on fire. If you have your life together and worry for nothing, sorry to tell you: ...

They're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out. A laboratory image of Chaetopterus pugaporcinus, aka the "pigbutt worm," an ...

Bristle worms are found almost everywhere in seawater, they have populated the oceans for hundreds of millions of years. Nevertheless, some of their special features have only now been deciphered: ...

Bearded Fireworms, also known as bristle worms, have been washing ashore on large logs on the beach recently. They got their name because of the pain they inflict on anyone who gets stung by one; it ...

The larvae of a bristle worm, saltwater worms with elaborate, hair-like structures. Photograph By C: Luis Zelaya-Lainez, Vienna University of Technology Most people will never see a bristle worm in ...

CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WTVD) -- The mysterious sea creatures found on the North Carolina coast in mid-July are no longer a mystery. Researchers from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences ...

Scientists are amazed at the discovery of a bristle worm with such sharp-seeing eyes that they can measure up to those of mammals and octopuses. The researchers suspect that these marine worms may ...

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A new interdisciplinary study led by molecular biologist Florian Raible from the Max Perutz Labs at the University of Vienna provides exciting insights into the bristles of the marine annelid worm ...

A species of marine worm that scientists lost sight of for almost 70 years has finally resurfaced, thanks to some eagle-eyed sleuthing and a seahorse less than an inch long. When researchers analyzed ...

Bristle worms have remarkably stable jaws. They are made of a very unusual material containing protein structures and metal atoms. Scientists have now been able to analyze and explain the properties ...

Most people will never see a bristle worm in the wild, but according to a new study, the science derived from these bristly beasts may someday benefit you or someone you know. Bristle worms—aka ...