There is an invasive worm spreading across Texas that seems indestructible. According to the Texas Invasive Species Institute, methods typically used to kill worms do not work on this worm. The worm ...
A revolutionary eDNA test detects endangered hammerhead sharks using genetic traces left in seawater, eliminating the need to capture or even see them. This powerful tool could finally uncover where ...
The future of the great hammerhead depends on how we choose to coexist with the ocean that sustains us both. As we uncover more about its habits and habitats, we’re also confronted with uncomfortable ...
When we think of worms, we typically think of earthworms. But there is such a thing as a hammerhead worm, which looks a heck of a lot more interesting than your typical grub. Before you get too ...
Recently, I have received a variety of phone calls from homeowners and gardeners finding a strange visitor in their soil: the shovel-headed, ribbon-like predator known as the hammerhead worm. These ...
For decades, scientists have studied the remarkable regenerative ability of planarians, triclad flatworms that can basically regrow their entire bodies if necessary. A new study shows that the secret ...
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 massive hammerhead shark was caught just south of Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi on Monday. Captain Tristan Bardin of Sharkabrah, a land-based shark fishing guide charter company says this was the ...
HOUSTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab said on Monday it greenlit funding its seventh development project in Guyana called Hammerhead, bringing its oil joint venture another ...
Most earthworms in Pennsylvania are not native and were introduced from Europe, often via soil used as ballast in early ships. While beneficial for gardens and lawns, these introduced earthworms can ...
Parasites are repulsive enough in the wild, but coming across one in your food takes the gross-out factor to a whole other level. Case in point: several eye-bleach-worthy TikToks that recently went ...
Scientists hiking a forest trail in Chile found a “giant” flatworm eating an invasive species in a first-of-its-kind sighting, a study said. Screengrab from Walk the South’s YouTube video While ...