Image of the alvinellid worm, Paralvinella hessleri. Close-up image of P. hessleri worms close to the hydrothermal venting. Deep sea worm fights ‘poison with poison’ to survive high arsenic and ...

OAKTON, Va. (WDVM) — The Ambrose family clears dead hammerhead flatworms from their driveway in Oakton, Virginia, every morning. It’s been a ritual for the past two months, starting when they spotted ...

When Endless Thread producer Nora Saks learns that a "toxic, self-cloning worm that poops out of its mouth is invading Maine," she starts sounding the alarm about the impending eco-doom. Until, that ...

Thanks to the efforts of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the Guinea worms that affected 3.5 million people in 1986 are now on the brink of extinction. The Carters made eradicating the disease a top mission ...

A deep sea worm that inhabits hydrothermal vents survives the high levels of toxic arsenic and sulfide in its environment by combining them in its cells to form a less hazardous mineral. Chaolun Li of ...