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 ...
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New Zealand’s bug of the year is an ancient worm that spits poison goo

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor the most useful. The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug of the ...
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This Insanely Long Ribbon Worm Turns Out to Be The Oldest on Record

A ribbon worm picked up on a Scottish beach in 1864 is thought to be the world's longest animal ever found alive. Some ...