We're way behind several species when it comes to regeneration, and scientists are keen to discover the secrets of these other animals so we can learn from them – including, in a new study, the marine ...

Schistosomiasis is a worm infection that can be picked up in warm freshwater. You could be swimming, washing yourself, or just standing in the water and the tiny larvae of the worm can suddenly slip ...

Saturday Night Live spoofed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s incredible revelation that a worm ate part of his brain before dying inside his head. Kennedy claimed in a 2012 deposition that doctors found a ...

Can I get a “brain worm” from eating undercooked meat? There’s little I find more terrifying than the idea of something living and crawling around inside me. Based on the number of sci-fi movies ...

The growth of new segments (body parts) in marine worms is controlled by a special growth zone, in which special stem cells are located. New segments then emerge by the division of these cells. But ...

A research team shows how the expression of developmental genes in the Japanese green syllid worms, Megasyllis nipponica, helps form their swimming reproductive unit called stolon. A research team, ...