The Woolly Worm Festival returns this weekend in Banner Elk, celebrating nearly 50 years with races, food, and music.

"The layer where we found Uncus is particularly exciting because the sediment grains are so small that we really see all the details of the fossils preserved there." While the team didn't set out to ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified an elusive subunit of a neurotransmitter receptor found in both humans and the much-studied laboratory nematode C. elegans which ...

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Worms have traditionally been viewed as a gardener’s best friend. This is because they are important decomposers that help return organic matter and nutrients to the soil and ...

To blunt the toxic arsenic in the waters where it lives, a deep-sea worm combines it with another chemical to produce a less toxic compound. By Jack Tamisiea Arsenic is a toxic metal, and exposure to ...

North Carolina’s fall festival is a sensory delight not only because of the fried chicken, smoldering hot sauces and collard greens on the menu but because of the fun and adventure awaiting families.