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Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago — at a time when woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and giant elks still roamed the Earth. The roundworm, of a previously ...
(A. Richardson.) Toxic worms are back in Texas, according to some social media posts that warn of the slithering, poisonous creature. Touching a hammerhead flatworm can also irritate human skin.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – When Jennifer Serfass heard her children yell, “Mom, look at this worm,” she expected an ordinary native earthworm. But this one had a bulbous mushroom head.
An invasive and harmful worm capable of growing to three feet long has been discovered in Ontario, Canada. The hammerhead land planarian is toxic and, experts warn, can pose a threat to pets ...
In a battle of bear versus exotic eye worm, the eye worm wins—and that's bad news for all of us. Researchers on Wednesday reported the first known infection of an exotic eye worm in a black bear ...
You might expect a “devil worm” to have fiery eyes and a forked tail — or horns, at the very least. But under the microscope, Halicephalobus mephisto looks nothing like its nickname.
The blood-red worm blobs in a toxic Colorado Sulphur Cave : Short Wave In the toxic waters of Sulphur Cave in Steamboat Springs, Colo. live blood-red worm blobs that have attracted international ...