For decades, one of the strangest animals in the fossil record was drawn literally upside down and back to front. The creature is called Hallucigenia, a spiky worm from the Cambrian seas about 508 ...

Scientists found that adult bristleworm eyes grow continuously thanks to a rim of neural stem cells similar to those in vertebrate eyes. This growth is surprisingly regulated by environmental light ...

Belarusian prisons are thought to hold over 1,100 political prisoners, including 150 women, under harsh conditions. Former inmates describe freezing cells, rotten quality, and forced labor, likening ...

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Researchers wanted to quantify how much charge a jumping parasitic roundworm needed to latch on to its fruit fly host.Credit...By Victor M. Ortega-Jimenez Supported by By Alexa Robles-Gil For small ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and biologists at Emory and Berkeley. By generating opposite charges, the worm and ...

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Scientists found the 500-million-year-old fossil of a "penis worm" in the Grand Canyon—and reconstructed how the creature would have used its strange mouth to feed. The newly discovered species of ...

Bottom dwellers have never been more spectacular. In a tiny, high-tech submersible sunk deeper than the height of Mount Everest, scientists have discovered a flourishing ecosystem some 30,000 feet ...

Submersible explores Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleutian trenches Tube worms and clams dominate chemosynthesis communities Deepest of the ecosystems was 9,533 meters (31,276 feet) July 30 (Reuters) - ...

Remarkable fossils found in North Greenland have helped researchers solve a 500-million-year-old puzzle surrounding squid-like ancestors. It was previously thought ancient organisms called ...

Australia is known for its rich biodiversity. There are creatures living in the land down under that you can’t find anywhere else on the planet. For some Australian families, a fun day at the beach ...