A strange, new species of ribbon worm, Pararosa vigarae, stretches its body like an accordion, capable of shrinking to ...

Threadlike worms living in the guts of certain insects make their hosts jump into water and drown. What scientists knew about these parasites resembling strands of spaghetti was already pretty bizarre ...

Preying mantises are vulnerable to horsehair worm parasites, which depend on other animals for their lifecycle needs.

A one millimeter worm is helping scientists rethink what controls the pace of aging. By tracing how its tiny brain senses the world and broadcasts hormonal commands, researchers are starting to see ...

(CNN) — Long before the first sharks appeared, large predator worms were the “terror beasts” of the seas more than 500 million years ago, according to new ...

When one little Caenorhabditis elegans worm dies in a petri dish, any others in the vicinity wiggle as far away as possible, ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the humble giraffe as a species that is vulnerable to extinction, and with that in mind, it should come as no surprise to anyone ...

Those working in the field of Biology will likely happen upon a plethora of strange things throughout their career, and that includes this newly-discovered marine worm species, which was purportedly ...

In the 1980s, during a routine necropsy on a female squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus), we found large numbers of long, slender worms in the animal's abdominal cavity. The monkey belonged to a colony ...

As pet parents, we prioritize keeping our furry family members happy and healthy. Yet worms in pets often get overlooked, even though these pesky parasites can pose significant health issues. You ...

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