"The thing people need to know is don't kill it, don't squish it, don't cut it up." Officials issue warning over terrifying toxic worms emerging from ground after rainfall: 'The worms are demonic' ...

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Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely ...

For me, the most fascinating part is the fact that such a group of animals managed to adapt to different habitats, which ...

Previous studies have linked the parasite to mind-altering behavior, such as risk-taking, depression and even schizophrenia.

I ntrepid microbe hunters have discovered 20 new viruses lurking in the bat populations of the orchards of southwestern China ...

Hammerhead worms do not bite, but they do secrete a poisonous chemical for protection against predators. This chemical may cause skin irritation on humans who hold the worm, Morgan-Olvera said.

More than 90% of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contained an introduced parasite capable of infecting humans, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps ...

Wormlike parasites usually live in the gastrointestinal tract, but can also infect the bloodstream or tissues. For more information on some of the most common worm infestations in that occur in humans ...