Worms, kept in a bin of biodegradable bedding, feed on food waste and release castings that are nutrient-rich. Over a period of months, the castings combine with decomposed bedding and become ...

Looking for an interesting winter project and a way to get rid of the vegetable and fruit scraps left over from your Thanksgiving meal preparations? Want a free source of natural fertilizer for your ...

Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an emerging danger from the tiny worms that can cause blindness. The black bear ...

Imagine going to the mirror and finding a small translucent worm crawling across the surface of your eye. The first of many. That’s what happened to an avid 26-year-old outdoorswoman from Oregon, who ...

The C. elegans roundworm sees by eating, sucking in big gulps of bacteria to learn about its surrounding environment. As researchers watched, they noticed an odd pattern marked by “bursts” of eating.

Surgeons had to remove bundles of live worms from the body of a 4-year-old boy after his small bowel became infested with parasites. The boy, from the rural area of Menchum Division, northwest ...

Deep-sea researchers have discovered an oddball worm that uses a previously unknown type of symbiosis to feed on whale skeletons—even though the worms have no mouth or gut. “We know of no other animal ...