Flatworms and earthworms can regrow large parts of their body. Roundworms may hold the secret to counteracting neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and muscular dystrophy.

Almost 90 tonnes of food scraps have been chowed down by a horde of maggots employed by the City of Sydney since January, in ...

India's bristle worms are often overlooked. But they are crucial to the health of the country's wetlands – so local women are ...

A tiny worm found in Siberian permafrost has defied time, waking up after tens of thousands of years in deep freeze. Scientists are unraveling the mystery behind its survival, with implications that ...

In a recent breakthrough, researchers determined that a worm which had been frozen for about 46,000 years had survived and remained alive. Dr. Philipp Schiffer, a group leader in the Institute of ...

But how is protein powder made? It depends on the type of protein you want to take but contrary to the popular myth, protein powder is not made from maggots or any kind of worms. It’s usually made ...

“Composting is the human version of re-creating what Mother Nature does out in the wild”: mixing together organic materials to facilitate healthy decomposition, says Rebecca Louie, founder of ...

Once in your guts (your small intestine, to be specific), the worms live their best lives, maturing to adults, finding mates, and reproducing, all while sucking the life-blood out of you from the ...

The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug of the Year competition, a less than scientific social experiment held every year by the Entomological Society of New Zealand to test the ...