Sharks can be formidable predators, but when they're flipped upside down, many species enter a trance-like state, known as ...

Bristle worms have protrusions that act like a 3D printer, helping us to understand how cells regenerate. Most people will ...

From microscopic mites dwelling in our hair follicles to sizable tapeworms inhabiting our intestines, the human body plays ...

A newly identified prehistoric species, Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi, has stunned paleontologists by becoming the largest known worm lizard ever discovered. According to the study published in ...

And they are running the world’s first ever parasite conservation program for a tiny tick so that conservation organizations will see parasites as creatures worthy of protection.

Knowable Magazine reports that worm-inspired treatments show promise for metabolic diseases by reducing inflammation and ...

The flesh-eating parasite was thought to have been eradicated but has made a gruesome comeback, devouring one woman's lungs ...

Biologists estimate that four out of five animals on Earth are nematodes (AKA roundworms).The tiny, wriggling, transparent invertebrates are the most abundant creatures on the planet and are found ...

British marine biologist and photographer Richard Smith focuses his work on the ocean’s tiniest and weirdest creatures.

Zombies are real – not in the walking dead sense, but there are parasites that can hack the brains of living creatures and force them to do things against their will, with the goal of spreading ...

Kevin Liévano-Romero abandoned a veterinary career in Colombia to move to the United States, where he studies feared but fascinating creatures.