The “lost and found” animal was a marine worm called a polychaete, according to the study. However, a few key features set ...

One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called ...

Last summer, we here at Slate reported on a candy sensation that was sweeping—or, I guess more accurately, bumpily ...

The worm moon will arrive on March 14 ... refer to it as the "Snow Crust Moon" or "Hard Crust on the Snow Moon," as the snow begins to thaw during the day but refreezes at night, forming a ...

March's full moon, known as the Worm Moon, will pass into Earth's shadow on the night of March 13, or early on March 14, depending on the time zone, according to NASA. This eclipse will be visible ...

The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of 'sugar worms' to get her children to brush their teeth after sweets. It's a trick I poached to convince my daughter ...

Update: this event has happened! In my latest post you can See The Best Photos Of Today’s Magnificent ‘Blood Moon’ Total Eclipse. The final full moon of winter — the worm moon — will ...

Doctors in China inadvertently took time-series images of parasitic worms actively invading a woman's brain and causing rare and rapidly progressing lesions. The previously healthy 60-year-old ...

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 ...

Real worms have now replaced fictitious worms as a point of discussion in many other households with young children. Every few weeks, nurseries and schools inform parents of yet another occurrence ...

In brief: they've grown thicker shells. The paper documents two sets of field experiments, conducted 20 years apart, measuring the thickness and plasticity in samples of tidal snails. The first ...