There is a type of sea worm that, believe it or not, detaches its own butt from the rest of its body which then swims off in search of a mate. But how this process occurs has always been a mystery, ...

Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean's most bizarre animals: a branching marine worm named Ramisyllis kingghidorahi that lives inside sea sponges and reproduces in a ...