Similar worms are routinely found in freshwater species as well. According to the story, 75 percent of wild Pacific salmon are infected with them, but they’re certainly not confined to the West Coast.

These “worms” are a parasite named anisakid nematodes, sometimes referred to as herring worms or cod worms ... Control suggests 75 percent of wild Pacific salmon are infected with the parasite.” ...

AFP Paris: Giant worms found wriggling under the Pacific seabed have unveiled a thriving ecosystem in a fiercely hostile environment, according to a study published by Nature. The team found the ...

Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Inside the mountaintop glaciers of the Pacific Northwest lives a mysterious, and often, overlooked creature. They're small ...

Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands. When you ...

An underwater oasis has been created under a chain of mountains that run from north-to-south in the Pacific ... But the latest research found tube worms and molluscs that thrive despite water ...