The Story of a Bizarre Deep-sea Bone Worm Takes an Unexpected Twist

In a new study published in the Dec. 11 issue of Current Biology, marine biologist Greg Rouse at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and his collaborators reported a new twist to the Osedax “bone-eating” worm story, revealing an evolutionary oddity unlike any other in the animal kingdom. For more information, see: