COMMENTARY--One year ago this week, the Code Red worm caused a national panic that compelled Microsoft and the FBI to conduct a joint press conference. What's changed in the past year? According to ...

The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

commentary One year ago this week, the Code Red worm caused a national panic that compelled Microsoft and the FBI to conduct a joint press conference. What's changed in the past year? According to ...

A new look at the critters known as “Elvis worms” has the scale worm family all shook up. Rouse’s team compared the genetic material of different Elvis worms with each other, and with DNA from other ...

In the Kumano Sea, off the southeast coast of Japan, an evolutionary mystery lay in wait. Researchers collected samples from the muddy sea floor, including hermit crabs, mollusks and discarded shells.

Smithsonian marine scientist Brett Gonzalez spent 10 days exploring the flooded caves of the Turks and Caicos in search of a rare predatory scale worm. Raven Capone Benko Staring into the mouth of ...

Thanks to cutting-edge technology, Smithsonian scientists provide worldwide access to some of the museum’s most delicate specimens Raven Capone Benko The National Museum of Natural History safeguards ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

Researchers have identified four new species of deep-sea "worms" that feature spectacular iridescent scales on their back. A team from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of ...

Researchers in the United Kingdom searched burial sites for evidence of parasitic intestinal worm infestations to get clues about past sanitation practices and as a potential means of combatting ...