While most of us are desperately reaching for the nearest fan or AC remote during heatwaves, there are animals out there that ...

With so many different species of worms out there, it isn’t too common to find a new one, but that is exactly what happened recently. Dr. Aida Verdes of the National Museum of Natural Sciences found a ...

Bristle worms have protrusions that act like a 3D printer, helping us to understand how cells regenerate. Most people will ...

When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by ...

Knowable Magazine reports that worm-inspired treatments show promise for metabolic diseases by reducing inflammation and ...

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

The new world screw worm attacks animals by burrowing into wounds and feeding on live tissue. Now, with a confirmed case just ...

It sounds wild, but some of these animals have evolved to live in places where the ground can get hotter than a frying pan.

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...

In the early days of space exploration, scientists sent animals like fruit flies, monkeys, dogs, tortoises and worms into ...

In this view, the worm shows its mouth, which typically faces downward as the animal drifts 3,300 feet below the ocean surface.