Zombies are real – not in the walking dead sense, but there are parasites that can hack the brains of living creatures and ...

SLUGS – five letters to spread a chill down any gardener’s spine. Slimy, tenacious and all consuming, they can cause absolute ...

After heavy rains, we often see nightcrawlers, the largest of the earthworm species found in Indiana, crawling across ...

The wandering broadhead planarian (Bipalium adventitium), or hammerhead worm, was first sighted in Ontario in 2017.

Spring has sprung in Ontario, and with temperatures soaring into the high teens this week, there are some warm-weather creepy ...

Scientists have discovered novel proteins in velvet worm slime that could lead to strong, recyclable bioplastics. These ...

As the calendar turns to April, the tri-state area offers a vast variety of free events this week — and that’s no joke.

Instead of feeding on blood, it hunts down and devours worms, particularly the Kinabalu Giant Earthworm (Pheretima darnleiensis), which can grow up to 70cm (2.3 feet) long! As its name suggests, the ...

A new discovery about the slime ejected by velvet worms could revolutionize sustainable material design, according to a study by McGill University researchers. Their findings outline how a naturally ...

As you can imagine, I'm seething. This is an insult to teachers everywhere and a desperate ploy from Oxford to gain an upper hand in the most slimy way. 'I don't believe this reflects on the ...

Velvet worm slime exhibits a reversible transformation from liquid to fiber, inspiring sustainable material design. This transformation is enabled by a conserved protein structure, which has ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories. The velvet worm is pretty cute ...