The worm is a nemertean, a group of soft-bodied marine predators found from tide pools to the deep sea. Its species is ...

A biologist with a passion for invertebrates had been caring for an unassuming worm in his lab for decades. Only recently did ...

Jonathan Allen, a biology professor at William & Mary in Virginia, has a very strange pet: a very very long ribbon worm ...

A strange, new species of ribbon worm, Pararosa vigarae, stretches its body like an accordion, capable of shrinking to unimaginable lengths.

For over 20 years, the 3-foot-long ribbon worm Baseodiscus the Eldest (B for short) was more a “long-time acquaintance” than ...

Penicillin, X-rays, vulcanized rubber—some of the greatest scientific discoveries happened by accident. Thanks to his love of ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

A series of compounds that deprive iron essential for a parasitic worm could provide effective new agents for blocking ...

Rapidly change your password, the Microsoft security team urges as Shai-Hulud Dune Worm cloud attacks continue.

Caring for critters does take a bit of commitment but, as a starter pet, worms are pretty low maintenance. They don't need walking, they only need feeding once a week or so, and instead of having to ...

Fly fishing came into vogue in the early 20th century, and with it came criticism of worm fishing: It was too easy. The debate was considered to be of such importance that, in 1904, Atlantic Monthly ...

On March 31, we'll see our second Worm Moon of the year. It's also a blue moon, or, a blue Worm Moon. Here's when to see the rare event and what the term means.