Scientists have identified a new species of microscopic worms living in the ground below South African mines ... a literary nickname for the Devil), published in this week's issue of Nature, ...

Scientists have identified a new species of microscopic worms living in the ground below South African mines, isolated from fracture water gushing up from miles below the Earth's surface. It is the ...

A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition of the Chile Margin Deep sea explorers want you to break out the "jazz hands" for this creature.

Also found on a submarine canyon floor: a deep-sea worm sometimes called a "disco worm," but scientifically known as a polychaete (which means “many bristles”), glittering like sparkly steel wool.

Learn more about some of the best new discoveries: Off the southern coast of Japan, a new species of marine bristle worm, ...

Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature waits in ambush. Zhou Y, Zhang R, Shen C, Mao Q, Zhang M, Zhang D (2025) ZooKeys The underwater mountains of the northwest Pacific are ...