The bobbit worm is a gorgeous creature, but striking and deadly. It slices fish in two using its retractable mandibles or its razor-sharp jaws.

The Bobbit Worm Chronicles: One man’s epic battle against the sea’s creepiest crawly When Don Arndt discovered he had a bobbit worm in his aquarium, he knew it needed to go — what followed was a saga ...

The Bobbit worm has been hiding on the seafloor for at least 20 million years.

Scientists think they have discovered the undersea lair of a giant predatory worm that lived on the ocean floor some 20 million years ago and would pounce on unsuspecting marine creatures.

This gives scientists a better idea of how long the bobbit worm and its ancestors have been ruining the lives of fish and provides clues that a fossilized body alone could never reveal.

The bobbit worm, or sand striker (Eunice aphroditois), is an aquatic predatory bristle worm that ranges from 4 inches to 10 feet in length and lives in burrows it creates in the ocean floor. The ...

Bobbit worms ambush prey from tunnels under the sand. A new study shows their ancestors haunted the ocean floor 20 million years ago.

Though the Bobbit worm took up just a small fraction of the documentary, the reaction to it was strong, with the worm briefly rising to fame on Twitter Monday morning.

The Bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) ambushes its prey using a hunting technique based on outstanding camouflage and the element of surprise. The annelid buries itself in the sand up to its head ...