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.

Researchers wanted to quantify how much charge a jumping parasitic roundworm needed to latch on to its fruit fly host.Credit...By Victor M. Ortega-Jimenez Supported by By Alexa Robles-Gil For small ...

Ask any extension program or gardening blogger, and they will probably assure you that worms are good for soil health. Check online, and there are literally hundreds of offers of garden worms for sale ...

Submitted by Russel Barsh, director of Kwiaht. Ask any extension program or gardening blogger, and they will probably assure you that worms are good for soil health. Check online, and there are ...

Leeches are often feared as dangerous parasites, but most are harmless. Here are some myths about leeches you must know. Proper removal is painless. Gently sliding a fingernail or salt near the ...

Parasites are repulsive enough in the wild, but coming across one in your food takes the gross-out factor to a whole other level. Case in point: several eye-bleach-worthy TikToks that recently went ...

A genome sequence and single-cell atlas of a marine worm species point towards bursts of gene emergence, duplication and loss as the drivers of lineage-specific body traits. Usually about one ...

For the next few weeks, the state’s marine monitoring team will collect sediment and organism samples across Puget Sound EVERETT — Holding a hard hat decorated with a “Got Mud?” sticker, Sandy ...

This film discusses the evolutionary significance of segmented worms, particularly earthworms, within the phylum Annelida. It explains the structure and function of their segmented bodies, including ...

Doctors in China inadvertently took time-series images of parasitic worms actively invading a woman’s brain and causing rare and rapidly progressing lesions. The previously healthy 60-year-old woman ...