A survey of Oman's marine waters has revealed over 100 species of ribbon worms (Nemertea), marking the first systematic study ...

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing ...

Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good news for when it comes to controlling schistosomiasis, a disease caused by ...

The Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther and his followers. 1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England, ...

Close-up of a female stolon–one of the independent reproductive units–from the worm Ramisyllis kingghidorahi. It has already ...

Preserved burrows found in ancient rocks suggest that trap-jaw worms have burst from the sand to snatch fish for millions of years. Predatory sand striker worms can grow up to 10 feet in length.

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An edict issued without warning in February 2025 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), having the effect of slashing funding by the NIH across the board, has been put on a nationwide hold ...

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That same year, Luther again refused to recant his writings before the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Germany, who issued the famous Edict of Worms declaring Luther an outlaw and a heretic and giving ...

Going about our daily lives, many of us tend not to give worms any thought. They’re wiggly, strange, typically underground and only likely make in-person appearances when we’re gardening or after a ...