Caenorhabditis elegans, one millimeter long, has just 959 cells. The worm’s simplicity has made it a mainstay of scientific research.Credit... Supported by By Teddy Rosenbluth When scientists ...

Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands. Giant worms ...

Now, scientists say that viruses carried by these worms may be one reason they cause such severe illness. In a recent study, published in September in the journal Nature Microbiology, the ...

Worms are piled in cardboard boxes and wicker ... Then, using finger signals, the two haggle in the coat sleeve, shielded from the curious eyes of the crowd. It looks as if a thumb-wrestling ...

After crossing the fourth stone bridge, before a shielded giant, take the path with a wooden platform. In the middle, turn ...

The small, toxic worm is a New Guinea flatworm, and in the last decade, it has spread quickly without much of anything to slow down its takeover. It is considered one of the worst invasive species ...

But you might still be in for a scare. The animal's flesh can be riddled with encased worm larvae, which, upon being eaten, will gladly reproduce in your innards and let their offspring roam the ...

Find out more about these fascinating creatures and how to increase your chances of seeing one. If you see a slow worm (Anguis fragilis) in your garden, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a snake.

Despite their name, glow-worms aren't worms at all: they're beetles. They use their bioluminescent bodies to communicate with other beetles, in an attempt to attract a mate. The ocean is well known ...

One of the worst forms of plastic pollution may have met its match in the saliva of a humble worm. Spanish researchers say they've discovered chemicals in the wax worm's drool that break down ...

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His father, Norman Rockwell, depicted his childhood on covers of The Saturday Evening Post. The worms came later. By Michael S. Rosenwald Thomas Rockwell, who grew up as a character in the ...