The fish had been biting for this angler on a beautiful day in Texas when suddenly they stopped. That’s when Alyssa Ramirez reeled in her fishing line from a pier in Port Isabel, thinking perhaps her ...

Texas is home to some of the creepiest, crawliest, and otherwise oddest animals on the planet. We introduce you to them in What in Tarnation?!, an occasional series. If most of us were to stumble upon ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A bearded fireworm caught off the coast of Port Isabel last week is getting lots of attention online and surprising beachgoers. "I've never seen anything like that," said ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, there's another creepy crawly, slimy, slippery creature to warn you about that can make your beach trip miserable.

MUSTANG ISLAND, Texas (KXAN) — Beachgoers have something new to keep an eye out for before heading to Texas beaches this summer: fireworms. “Your worst nightmares are washing up right now in the form ...

Remember this the next time you go swimming. A woman in Texas made a bizarre catch while pier fishing in Port Isabel. Fortunately, she didn’t touch the creature as doing so could have left her in pain ...

Fireworms are native to the Mediterranean, but they used to be fewer in number and only spotted off Sicily in summer - Copyright AFP Filippo MONTEFORTE Fireworms are ...

A fisherman pulls a bearded fireworm from his net near the Sicilian village of Marzamemi on July 25, 2024. Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP. As climate change causes rising temperatures across the ...

A muscly fossil fireworm has been named Rollinschaeta myoplena in honor of punk musician and spoken word artist, Henry Rollins. The fossil worm is a polychaete annelid, a marine relative of earthworms ...

Henry Rollins is a lot of things: iconic hardcore punk figure, actor, occasional wedding officiator, and now he can say that he’s made his mark on the world of science. Rollins’ name now serves as the ...

A muscly fossil fireworm, discovered by scientists from the University of Bristol and the Natural History Museum, has been named Rollinschaeta myoplena in honour of punk musician and spoken word ...