The velvet worm doesn’t just look alien - it acts like it too. With its bizarre hunting tactics and slow-motion moves, this creature feels like it came straight out of a sci-fi movie. In this video, ...

Wonder is often invoked by the question of extraterrestrial life. Within that fantasy, Saturn's moon Titan has had a special place all along. A recent investigation now explores the possibility of ...

THE third part of Professor Walmsley's “Manual of Practical Anatomy “is devoted to the dissection of the head and neck, for which a period of about ten weeks is suggested. The usual order of ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome or sudden cardiac death, primarily affecting relatively young women (median age, 51 years) ...

Imagine a caterpillar with soft, fancy, velvety skin; that’s what a velvet worm looks like. However, unlike most caterpillars, these worms are fierce carnivores. They hunt by shooting sticky ...

The findings described 244 amphibians, birds, insects and one of the world’s oldest living fossils – a velvet worm called the onychophora. The Wildlife Institute of India called this expedition “one ...

Neptune's auroras have been seen in full view for the first time. They were captured on camera by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. While there was no hard evidence, astronomers had long ...

Hannah’s worm farm is looking a bit under the weather so she’s giving it some TLC. Worm farms are a wonderful way to transform kitchen waste into valuable garden resources: worm castings as a ...

Central West producers have been urged to regularly test their flock for worms, with a wet summer and warm conditions creating ideal breeding grounds for barber's pole worm.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Reducing the worms' activity—for example, by lowering the temperature of their environment—caused them to spread through the maze even more, highlighting a counterintuitive interplay between ...

The puzzle became known as “Dudeney’s dissection” or the “haberdasher’s problem,” and it was even featured in Scientific American’s June 1958 issue. Martin Gardner, a mathematician ...