According to Canadian earthworm taxonomist John Warren Reynolds, there are 161 earthworm species at present in the United ...

Meet the leech, the misunderstood hero of aquatic ecosystems all over the world, who does not always suck blood!

Leech bites are often misunderstood. These myths spread fear and misinformation. Here are some myths you must know about ...

This news release is available in German. If your favourite pub moves - would you move too or look for another pub? For bacteria living in symbiosis with marine worms it all depends on whether they ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team. She ...

Tiny, feisty worms that live off the coast of Japan fight by headbutting each other — and they aren't quiet about it. During these feuds, the worms emit one of the loudest sounds in the ocean, ...

It's not an easy painting to look at. Slithering across an open eye are pale segments of a worm. Artist Ben Taylor was recreating his own medical condition — a parasitic worm called Loa loa, which he ...

New species “Sphaerephesia amphorata” is covered with elongated macrotubercles having the characteristic shape of amphora, the pottery vases used since the Bronze Age by the Greco-Romans to transport ...