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This insanely long ribbon worm turns out to be the oldest on record

Biologist Jon Allen is the proud owner of the world's oldest ribbon worm on record. The adopted invertebrate is fondly called ...

A professor kept a pet worm for 20 years. It just set a record.

And [thy] are ecologically very important predators in nearly all marine systems.” Recently, the duo’s long-term friendship ...

This Worm Was Chilling in a Lab for Years. Turns Out It’s a Record-Breaker

For over 20 years, the 3-foot-long ribbon worm Baseodiscus the Eldest (B for short) was more a “long-time acquaintance” than ...

The Methuselah worm: The oldest university in the US is home to the world's oldest ribbon worm

Penicillin, X-rays, vulcanized rubber—some of the greatest scientific discoveries happened by accident. Thanks to his love of ...
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First images of a new ribbon worm species that contorts its body like an accordion

A strange, new species of ribbon worm, Pararosa vigarae, stretches its body like an accordion, capable of shrinking to ...