They bedeviled ancient Greek navies, helped shipwreck Christopher Columbus, aided in the sinking of the Spanish Armada and caused the wharves in San Francisco Bay to collapse into the sea, but until ...

Congratulations: You have arrived at the shipworm. Imagine that its two iconic shells have shrunk into a collar, fringed with jagged teeth, which it uses to gnaw through wood. Imagine that its ...

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It's a tough life for a shipworm. Stuck to the same piece of wood since they were teeny larvae, these rapidly-growing clams need to get creative to feed themselves, and also reproduce with nearby ...