For centuries, shipworms have vexed mariners by boring into – and consuming – the hulls of wooden ships and boats. Soon, though, we may actually be eating those "worms," as they have successfully been ...

Among the biggest threats facing the commercial wharves lining Newark Bay and New York Harbor can hardly be seen — yet the resulting destruction to Port Authority infrastructure is of epic proportions ...

James Cook, who began his famous voyage on the Endeavor in 1768 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Australian archaeologists made headlines earlier this year when they announced that a sunken ship ...

Shipworms were already weird animals, but they just got weirder. The ocean-dwelling clams, which actually look much more like slimy worms, are some of the only creatures in the world that can eat wood ...

An enormous, worm-like mollusk called a shipworm that inhabits a shell resembling an elephant’s tusk was recently seen for the first time ever. The animal’s long, tubular shells — which measure 3 to 5 ...

During my weekly 40-mile beach survey on an electric bike this past week, I noticed something unusual washing ashore — logs riddled with small, burrow-like holes. These weren’t just any beach relics.

After almost 250 years at the bottom of the sea, the remains of the ship believed to be Captain James Cook's Endeavour may be at risk. Marine biologist Reuben Shipway spoke to As It Happens guest host ...

A competitive sexual frenzy in which bigger appendages have the most success of reproducing might sound like the briefing for a porn film, but instead, it's the finding of a new study examining a clam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among the biggest threats facing the commercial wharves lining Newark Bay and New York Harbor can hardly be seen — yet the ...