A common marine worm key to the richness of many coastal ecosystems is being damaged by the increasing ocean acidification that was thought to imperil mainly shellfish and coral, writes Alex Kirby. It ...

If you’ve ever wandered across a quiet Texas bay at low tide and noticed little spirals of mud dotting the surface, you’ve seen the calling card of one of our most important — yet least noticed — ...

Lugworms fed on waste from a brewery in Newcastle have been found to be rich in omega oils, a crucial nutrient for farmed fish. The worms also grew about four times more quickly than they do in the ...

For centuries, the only use humans found for the lugworm — dark pink, slimy and inedible — was on the end of a fish hook. However, the invertebrates’ unappreciated status is about to change. Their ...

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The lugworm, a slimy red-tinged critter that is often used as fishing bait, can be found on beaches across the British Isles and northwest Europe. The worms cluster in large groups—with populations as ...

A marine worm nursery sac in Hazard Bay, Orpheus Island. In its forward movement the worm swallows the sand before it, digesting bacteria and dead plant and animal material mixed in the sand. Often ...

A MASS mortality of lugworms and shellfish on the west coast has been caused by a seasonal algal bloom, the Marine Institute said. Thousands of lugworms have died on the north Mayo coastline since ...

The public are being asked to keep an eye on the love lives of lugworms as part of a research project called Spermwatch. Scientists are baffled about the process which leads the lugworm, which spends ...

THE spawning of Arenicola marina (L.) on the shores of the British Isles occurs during the last three months of the year, but within these limits there are striking variations of spawning time from ...

Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 12 (ANI): Mandapam Forest Department in Rameswaram arrested eight smugglers and seized nearly 150 kg of lugworms from them on Tuesday. The accused have been ...