Squiggly little mounds of sand are a common sight when you walk along a beach at low tide. These are the signs of a hidden but industrious worm that has an important place in the beach ecosystem. What ...

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 ...

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 ...

The people of Britain are being asked to look out the sperm of the lugworm, in a nationwide campaign to find out more about the sex lives of the secretive, burrowing marine worm. Spermwatch is a ...

FOR centuries, the only use humans found for the lugworm - dark pink, slimy and inedible - was on the end of a fish hook. But the invertebrates' unappreciated status is about to change. Their blood, ...

PLOEMEUR, France - For centuries, the only use humans found for the lugworm - dark pink, slimy and inedible - was on the end of a fish hook. But the invertebrates' unappreciated status is about to ...

An inconspicuous lugworm has aroused scientists' curiosity, as a potential provider of artificial blood, indeed considered a breakthrough in the medical field. The red liquid that courses through our ...

Arenicola marina spends its life in a burrow in the sediment so opportunities to meet a mate are limited "Citizen scientists" are being sought to keep an eye out for signs of passion in the lugworm ...