The microscopic roundworm, Caenorhabditis elegans, might be Earth's secret superhero. These tube-shaped creatures, which thrive on rotting vegetation, may seem unremarkable at first glance. But this ...

Eyeless roundworms may have hacked other cellular warning systems to give themselves a form of color vision. By Veronique Greenwood In the warm, fetid environs of a compost heap, tiny roundworms feast ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Danielle Dingess was shocked to find an all-black caterpillar at her home in the Okolona/Highview area while waiting for a delivery earlier this week. "Uh oh," she wrote in a post on ...

An egg-bearing blue crab found near Oyster, VA. Scientists believe the presence of an egg-eating parasitic worm may aid in the management of the fishery by revealing the number of times a crab has ...

Parasitic, egg-eating worms might sound like the stuff of nightmares, but they're simply a fact of life for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...