Here are just a few of the misleading names we commonly use for foods, animals, inventions, historical events, and more.

You’ve probably seen or heard at least once in your lifetime about fireflies – the famous light-emitting insects! They form ...

Many marine organisms such as bacteria, algae, jellyfish, worms, crustaceans, sea stars ... The ‘blue tide’ phenomenon appears when luminescent marine life make the sea appear a deep shade of blue.

From the light purple of wild ageratum (Conoclinium coelestium) to the silvery dew-spangled spiderwebs that seem to be everywhere this time of year to the bright gold of goldenrod (Solidago) and the ...

Earthworms may be helpful in a compost heap or in the soil of a vegetable garden. But they are a destructive force in Minnesota’s hardwood forests – chomping up entire layers of the forest ...

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 ...

A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist. A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist.

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Earthworms, often called "nature's engineers," are remarkable creatures that play a vital role in maintaining healthy ...