(CNN) - They're long and skinny. They're boomerang-headed and coated in toxic mucus. And they've been hiding in plain sight in the US for a long time. Invasive hammerhead flatworms have distinctive ...

Popcorn-like parasites, ghostly crustaceans, and creepy worms are among the 14 new species that have recently been found in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WANE) An invasive worm ...

Kelly Frampton had recently moved to her new home in the country outside Eudora, Kan., when she noticed a strange looking worm on her property. “I’m trying to tell myself it’s another earthworm, but ...

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Researchers recently found over 100 species of ribbon worm, most of which are new to science, off of the coast of Oman. Most are smaller than a toothpick, though some can grow longer than a blue whale ...

Threadlike worms living in the guts of certain insects make their hosts jump into water and drown.What scientists knew about these parasites resembling strands of spaghetti was already pretty ...

By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in ...

According to Gulf Coast News, residents in Collier County, Florida, are spotting an alarming new visitor in their driveways — the New Guinea flatworm, a slimy, invasive species that can pose serious ...

Scientists thawed ancient soil in the lab and tiny nematodes, Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, “woke up” after being frozen for ...