Before digging into that sushi and sashimi you've been craving, you might want to double check for unpleasant surprises. Believe it or not, parasites could be hiding inside your sushi roll! Enter: ...

While hammerhead worms tend to stay out of the sunlight, hidden from plain sight, the extra rain has "flushed out" the wriggly creatures, Ashley Morgan-Olvera, Texas Invasive Species Institute ...

Nematodes tiny yet mighty form wriggling towers to survive and travel as a team. Long thought to exist only in labs, ...

I decided that I, too, needed to attend the Longwood Area Worm Meeting. Thus began a trip into the world of C. elegans worms and the people who love them. In 25 years as a writer in Boston, I’ve ...

One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has tried—and utterly failed—to simulate it.

A worm moon is one of the many names traditionally given to the first full moon of March, since it occurs near the spring Equinox, marking the official beginning of the season.

This week's full moon will come with a special treat – a total lunar eclipse, which will turn the moon a spooky blood red color. While the eclipse will last from 1:47 a.m. EDT to 4:10 a.m. EDT ...

Only a few years had passed since the WHO declared in 1979 that smallpox was the first human disease to be eradicated worldwide. Guinea worm, the experts told Carter, could become the second.

Thanks to the Carters’ efforts, the worms that afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people in 20 African and Asian countries when the center launched its campaign in 1986 are on the brink of ...

The Impact of Fonts in NASA's Logos The fonts in NASA's logos communicate the agency's identity and mission. The “meatball” and “worm” logos utilise bold typography to project strength and clarity.

With about 10,000 named species of bristle worms and perhaps twice that number yet to be discovered, there are many open questions about polychaete biology, interactions with other species, “and ...