To this day, the oceans are still one of the most mysterious places on the planet. Because they cover a whopping 70% of the ...

When researchers lowered whale bones into the deep ocean, they expected zombie worms to quickly move in. Instead, after 10 years, none appeared — an unsettling result tied to low-oxygen waters in the ...

Researchers interested in such things as memory have access to a creature which provides a rather unique scenario. Image / Getty Images Planaria. What? You don’t know your planaria from leeches, slugs ...

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Researchers wanted to quantify how much charge a jumping parasitic roundworm needed to latch on to its fruit fly host.Credit...By Victor M. Ortega-Jimenez Supported by By Alexa Robles-Gil For small ...

Parasites are repulsive enough in the wild, but coming across one in your food takes the gross-out factor to a whole other level. Case in point: several eye-bleach-worthy TikToks that recently went ...

Researchers are working on manipulating the digestive systems of wax worms to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic. In 2017, European researchers discovered a potential solution. The larvae ...

Left: depiction of the penis worm, courtesy of Rhydian Evans. Right, image of krayt dragon from Star Wars. It’s hard to imagine it nowadays, but the Grand Canyon used to be part of an ocean 500 ...

WILDWOOD, N.J. (WPVI) -- On a picture-perfect beach day in Wildwood, plenty of people were keeping their eyes peeled for worms. "Worm slash little eel things. They looked like little eels," said ...

Weeks of heavy rain have prompted a plague of massive, toxic hammerhead flatworms to erupt from the ground in North Texas, much to the chagrin of frightened locals. “It was terrifying, like these are ...

The light honey-colored worm, marked by a darker collar and up to five stripes, may look harmless, but it poses a serious threat to native Texas species. The invasive species known as the hammerhead ...