Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle ...

Hairworms are parasites with a killing strategy so extreme it looks like mind control. After developing inside an insect host ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will disperse glow-in-the dark, sterile flies in Mexico, closer to the U.S. border, and in ...

In a groundbreaking discovery that challenges our understanding of life’s limits, scientists have identified a unique nematode worm species capable of not only surviving but thriving within ice. This ...

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The worms, native to East Asia, have been confirmed across much of the Lower Peninsula and even parts of the Upper Peninsula, and scientists are worried about the long-term impacts on Michigan's ...

At their longest, ribbon worms can grow up to 180 feet, or the equivalent of two blue whales or 720 gummy worms. Turns out, these lanky crawlers also have lengthy lifespans. For over 20 years, the ...

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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 ...

These are worms that came to North America sometime around the late 1800s and they are from Southeast Asia originally,” MSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Educator Nathaniel Walton said. “We've been ...

An invasive Asian earthworm is causing environmental damage, and officials are taking notice of its presence in Michigan. "Michigan State University Extension is beginning to receive sporadic reports ...

EAST LANSING, MI – Dozens of reports of invasive jumping worms across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula – and a few in the Upper – are raising concerns about damages to the state’s natural ecosystems.