The Amazon molly is an all-female fish that ditched sexual reproduction entirely, thriving for over 100,000 years through ...

Most polychaete species spend their lives in burrows in the seabed. However, adult individuals of two species, Alitta ...

A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth's history, and answering a ...

Even back then, scientists were puzzled. Many prediction models suggested this fish shouldn’t survive beyond roughly 10,000 ...

There’s nothing fishy about it. Fans of McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish might find an unwanted surprise in their food — and that’s a good thing. A Reddit user posted a photo of a parasite found in their Filet ...

We’ve all lifted a rock or flowerpot and found a long, slimy worm underneath. But have you ever done so and found a long, slimy worm with a head shaped like a shovel or a hammer? If you have, you ...

A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a.k.a. the rat lungworm, is now ...

The next full moon is coming soon. And according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, it’s a special one. Tradition dubs the full moon of March as the “Worm Moon.” “For many years, it was believed this name ...

While March 2026 is fairly quiet in terms of celestial events, there’s plenty to see in the night sky. The full Worm Moon will make its appearance on Tuesday, March 3, and will reach peak illumination ...

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A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Chondrichthyan fishes—a group that includes rays, skates, chimaeras, and sharks—are thought to have energy intensive reproduction cycles due in no ...