A species of bone-eating 'zombie' worms fed off the skeletons of prehistoric reptiles - hampering scientists' efforts to learn more about species across the globe. Scientists found that Osedax - ...

Five years after discovering some of the strangest creatures in the world – mouthless worms that live in the bones of dead whales – scientists have taken a peek into their genes. Though not complete, ...

Osedax mucofloris is one of my all-time favorite sea creatures. Why? Osedax mucofloris literally translates to “bone-eating snot-flower,” which, let’s face it ...

Thought to have existed since the Cretaceous, more than 30 species of Osedax – ‘bone devourers’ or zombie worms – feast on whale skeletons Discovered in the deep: the mini cities of hairy-chested Hoff ...

They’re the tiny recyclers of the ocean floor -- voracious, pink-plumed worms that devour entire whale skeletons, then scatter their eggs to the current in hopes that offspring will find new bones.

Some creatures are just too weird to not share with the world. Case in point: Osedax mucofloris, which just became my newest all-time favorite sea creature. Why? Osedax mucofloris literally translates ...

A worm sounds pretty innocuous. But what about a bone-eating snot-flower? That’s a creature you might think twice about. The bone-eating snot-flower is in fact a real species of marine worm, roughly ...

The bone-eating snot-flower worm (or Osedax mucofloris if you wanna get prissy) was just discovered less than a decade ago, on the ocean floor — and it’s hella weird. For starters, 600 or more males ...

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