Its mucus, which can kill crabs and cockroaches, could be the basis of new insecticides ...

For parasitic worms of the genus Anisakis, life typically goes like this: after floating through the ocean in an egg, they hatch as wriggling larvae with a peculiar desire—to be eaten. Small ...

An invasive, toxic worm has been seen across Tennessee, with more reports in recent weeks. That includes a recent sighting in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A slimy, carnivorous, toxic, immortal worm sounds like something from a science fiction movie, or out of your nightmares, but it ...

A lot of parents assume worm infections only happen to kids who play in mud or wander barefoot outdoors. But paediatricians ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When picturing a predator, most people envision an animal ...

Guinea worm is about as close to a real-life Alien event as you can get — a parasitic worm mates inside a person's abdomen, grows up to 3 feet long and then exits (painfully) from a blister. But the ...