Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by ...

They’re as bright as fireflies, but far harder to find. Still, experts say it’s worth seeking a glimpse of these stunning ...

“Around 2,000 waxworms can break down an entire polyethylene bag in as little as 24 hours, although we believe that ...

Plastics play a fundamental role in modern life, but their resistance to biodegradation makes them very difficult to dispose ...

Nobody looks forward to scooping poop, but your dog’s daily deposit holds more information than you might think. That humble ...

Researchers create a genome database of earthworms that goes back 200 million years, and find out how their evolution was ...

A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to ...

Earthworms are the soft, tube-shaped, segmented worms who move with waves of muscular contractions. This paper presents our recently developed compliant modular earthworm-like robot with the novel ...

Despite 20 million years of evolution, two worm species have retained astonishingly similar patterns in how their genes turn on and off, especially in cells vital to core biological functions. Credit: ...

A vet has issued a warning to any pet owners who have been flushing their animal's poo down the toilet as it could lead to a ...

The Trainwreck documentary anthology on Netflix continues with the infamous "poop cruise" of 2013. More than 4,000 passengers were stuck on the Carnival Triumph as raw sewage water started flowing ...