Wilson has been harvesting clams commercially since 1993 and is worried about the influx of the ribbon worm. He is especially worried by the worm’s ability to wipe out entire clam populations.

In late December 2023, a video was circulated on Reddit, alleging "the ribbon worm, one of the most outlandish creatures we've ever discovered, spits a living, tree-like proboscis to hunt it's prey." ...

As a matter of fact, there is one ribbon worm called the “bootlace ribbon worm” that can grow to 197 feet long. That’s over half the length of a football field.

Ribbon worms (Nemertea) are a group of slender, slimy creatures that mostly live in the ocean, but some are found in freshwater and terrestrial environments. They’re usually only a few millimetres ...

A new study documents the discovery of over 100 ribbon worm species off the coast of Oman, most of which are new to science. With gruesome methods of devouring their prey, ribbon worms can take ...

In the YouTube era, even slimy green deep sea ribbon worms get their fifteen minutes of fame. But in the case of this particularly long, wretch-inducing specimen recently caught by a fisherman in ...

It's a video of a ribbon worm, and it has been circulating the internet in all of its squirmy, wormy, slimy glory. The worm itself is actually kind of fun. In fact, it's slightly endearing.

YouTube That pink tongue you're seeing is called a "proboscis." Most ribbon worms average about seven inches long, though it's rumored that at least one specimen measured up to 177 feet.

Ribbon worm, any member of the invertebrate phylum Nemertea (sometimes called Nemertinea, or Rhynchocoela), which includes mainly free-living forms but also a few parasites of crustaceans, mollusks, ...

Ribbon worms (Nemertea) are a group of slender, slimy creatures that mostly live in the ocean, but some are found in freshwater and terrestrial environments. They’re usually only a few millimetres ...

Researchers recently found over 100 species of ribbon worm, most of which are new to science, off of the coast of Oman. Most are smaller than a toothpick, though some can grow longer than a blue ...