Palolo worms must have one of the strangest life cycles in the animal kingdom, although there is plenty of competition.

A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute ... Winged and Horned Creature' Spotted Near ...

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In the deep sea off the coast of Brazil ... “whale falls,” becoming an essential source of food, nutrients and habitat for the creatures of the deep. Their bodies can take years to decades ...

Despite their blubbery bodies, whales eventually sink to the bottom in what are called “whale falls,” becoming an essential source of food, nutrients and habitat ... the deep sea off the ...