As much as 40 million metric tons of microplastics are released into the environment globally every year. These tiny pieces ...

Florida metal band Worm released their attention-grabbing new album Necropalace in February, and they’ve announced a US tour supporting it. The shows run through June, beginning in Dallas on June 2 ...

A team of researchers has identified a new earthworm species from the Vazhani dam area of the Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary in Thrissur district of Kerala. According to the researchers involved in ...

A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a.k.a. the rat lungworm, is now ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. After eight years, multinational plantation company Socfin and the environmental consultancy Earthworm Foundation have cut ties. Socfin first ...

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If you need some motivation to keep from eating too much this Thanksgiving, here it is: Doctors in Romania pulled an 11 cm (4.3 inch) living, writhing round worm from a woman’s left eyelid. According ...

They have no eyes or ears, but they’re an important feature for healthy gardens the world over. This week, we’re digging up the dirt about earthworms. * “Lumbricus terrestris,” or the common earthworm ...

Seemingly overnight, there has been an uprising in our quiet, wooded neighborhood. From Turkey Trot Trail to North Egret, every one of our eight dirt roads shows the evidence. While we usually see a ...

Most earthworms in Pennsylvania are not native and were introduced from Europe, often via soil used as ballast in early ships. While beneficial for gardens and lawns, these introduced earthworms can ...

After weeks of heavy rain across North Texas, sightings of a toxic invasive worm are on the rise. The hammerhead worm is popping up in counties throughout the Metroplex and experts say it’s a real ...

The velvet worm, a squishy little predator that looks like the stretch-limo version of a caterpillar, has a whimsical MO: it administers death by Silly String. In the leaf litter of tropical and ...