THE invasive jumping worm is spreading across multiple US states and the “ravenous” snake-like species is causing major headaches. “It only takes one to create a new invasion,” the Canandaigua Lake ...

Researchers have successfully reanimated the bodies of 46,000-year-old microscopic roundworms they found frozen 130 feet below the Siberian permafrost. Amazingly, the worms got to work right away, and ...

The so-called Bobbit worm discovered at an aquatics store in Woking split into three parts when it was handled because it "allows them to reproduce asexually, creating 'clones' of themselves". A ...

When roundworms stop reproducing, they can still move and function normally but lose their ability to detect certain food odors that once led them to their meals. Researchers at Nagoya University have ...

Researchers have discovered that asexual flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal. University of Nottingham A team of researchers have discovered that the asexual flatworm ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s been a wormy, sexual head-scratcher for years. The Japanese ...

Jumping worms are harmful to our garden and the environment. They originated in Asia. They can be spread by the sharing of plants with eggs in the soil by home gardeners and commercial nurseries. They ...

Making whoopie gives worms an advantage in the face of parasite invasion Sex gives worms the power to fight off parasites, report researchers this week in the journal Science, external. Worms forced ...

Sex gives worms the power to fight off parasites, report researchers this week in the journal Science, external. Worms forced to reproduce asexually succumbed to a nasty bacterial infection and died.