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 ...

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 ...

Join us for a day of readings, talks and activations centred around the conditions of life, all set in the living, breathing ecosystem of our conservatory. Entry to Fertile Ground in the conservatory ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was like, ‘Okay, let's get her on a pool table.’ It wasn't even imaginative. And I felt so slimy doing it the whole time. I don't know if that actually made it into the film, but it was ...

There wasn’t much chance that I would be awake to see the total eclipse of the blood worm moon, which was visible late last Thursday night or early Friday morning, depending on the time zone.