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Strange New Worm Found Off Spain’s Coast Can Shrinks to One-Fifth Its Size
Scientists have discovered Pararosa vigarae, a new genus and species of ribbon worm, off the Northwest coast of Spain. Nicknamed the accordion worm for its ability to shrink to one-fifth its normal size, it was found 30 meters deep in Ría de Arosa. Traditional taxonomy methods failed to classify the species due to limited external features, so res...
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In an Unlikely Place, Life Has Been Percolating
First there was the microbe that scientists called "The Bold Traveler," found living in lightless solitude more than two miles down a South African gold mine. Nothing alive had ever been found in rock fractures at that depth before.
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Strange New Worm Found Off Spain’s Coast Can Shrinks to One-Fifth Its Size
Scientists have discovered Pararosa vigarae, a new genus and species of ribbon worm, off the Northwest coast of Spain. Nicknamed the accordion worm for its ability to shrink to one-fifth its normal size, it was found 30 meters deep in Ría de Arosa. Traditional taxonomy methods failed to classify the species due to limited external features, so res...
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In an Unlikely Place, Life Has Been Percolating
First there was the microbe that scientists called "The Bold Traveler," found living in lightless solitude more than two miles down a South African gold mine. Nothing alive had ever been found in rock fractures at that depth before.
