The Weird and Wonderful World of Worms

Animals with long, skinny bodies are often called “worms,” but there many kinds of worms—even in the ocean. Annelids (segmented worms) include garden earthworms, their ocean relatives come colors, shapes, and sizes. Some so small that they live between grains sand, while others can be longer than a human eat fish! Marine worms essential to food web, as both predators prey. They help create homes for plants animals by burrowing building tubes sediments. Scientists still discovering new worm species, mysteries about how eat, why places do, what roles play ecosystems. Worms fascinating important part communities.