When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a ...

Tubificine worms are segmented worms that are capable of forming entangled blobs that behave as a single organism to adapt to extreme environmental conditions or migrate more efficiently. Individual ...

Earthworms move through the soil not just by wriggling around, but by sending peristaltic waves down their bodies. A new bio-inspired robot, which employs that same strategy, could one day be used in ...

Scientists have known for decades that some animals use the Earth's magnetic field to help them navigate, kind of like an internal GPS. How they do it, though, remains unclear. NPR's Nate Rott reports ...

Q: I discovered a worm while weeding the other day. It caught my eye because it moved very fast like a snake and when I picked it up it leaped out of my hand and I had to chase it down to catch it. I ...