Bye bye, butt. Some segmented sea worms like the syllid worm go through a reproductive process called stolonization.The stolon is the worm’s posterior organ and it is full of eggs or sperm ...

This sea worm's butt detaches from its body to swim off in search of love Reproduction can be challenging for marine life, but this worm has worked out how to multitask Nakamura et al/( CC By 4.0 ) ...

This sea worm's posterior body part swims away, and now scientists know how. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 11 / 231122192250.htm ...

Until recently, little was known about Xenoturbella, a genus of simple marine animals that live on muddy sea bottoms. The six species of Xenoturbella identified to date live deep in the ocean ...

Using DNA sequencing to show how marine worms adapt to deep-sea conditions. Maeva Perez is fascinated by marine worms. Her first encounter with these cold-blooded invertebrates dates back to her ...

Diverse animals such as sea mussels, corals, polychaete worms and certain fishes are thought to synchronize their reproductive behavior by the moon.

A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition of the Chile Margin Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013 ...

Researchers took a closer look at the sea worms and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Sclerobregma nanhaiensis, or the South China Sea polychaete.

Researchers took a closer look at the sea worms and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Sclerobregma nanhaiensis, or the South China Sea polychaete.