India's bristle worms are often overlooked. But they are crucial to the health of the country's wetlands – which is why local women are working to catch the poachers decimating their population.

Sea worms sound like they’d be even worse. But hidden beneath the deep blue waters of the Mediterranean, a tiny bristle worm is defying all expectations. The first thing you’ll notice about ...

Growing up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) long, Antarctic scale worms are a type of ocean-dwelling polychaete, or bristle worm (polychaete is Latin for "many bristles"). Related to earthworms and ...