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University of Victoria: Where are the Zombie Worms?
October 29, 2025
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Oct. 29 -- The University of Victoria issued the following news release:

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Where are the zombie worms?

In a scary movie, creatures that can't always be seen often provide the biggest frights for characters and viewers alike.

In deep-ocean research, the absence of one particular creature--the so-called zombie worm, "the bone devourer" Osedax--can also be troubling, a harbinger of species loss and . . .

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