Invasive hammerhead worms are spreading in Texas, and have been spotted in Houston, Dallas, Austin and toward the coast.

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Worm towers– sometimes called swarms– “were kind of just whispered about in the worm community,” says Ding. Previously, there ...

After heavy rainfall, sightings of an invasive species have been on the rise in North Texas. Hammerhead worms, named for ...

Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are working to turn the ...

The velvet worm, a squishy little predator that looks like the stretch-limo version of a caterpillar, has a whimsical MO: it ...

The recommended methods for killing hammerhead worms include sealing them in a bag and either freezing for 48 hours or ...

Nature is full of fascinating and bizarre creatures that often don’t receive the attention they deserve. UNDERDOGS, a new ...

The worm tower behaves like a superorganism. When the time is right, worms gather together to create a wriggling mass, a tower of worm-ness. No, really. They climb onto each other until their bodies ...

A new study documents the discovery of over 100 ribbon worm species off the coast of Oman, most of which are new to science.

New research reveals that nematodes naturally build living worm towers in the wild, offering fresh insights into collective ...

The researchers transferred some of the worm stacks to the laboratory. When they introduced fruit flies ( Drosophila ...