When most people think of worms, they imagine harmless garden creatures wriggling through soil. Yet, the world of worms is far more sinister. Some are terrifying predators, invasive parasites, or ...
Screwworms are flesh-eating parasites that hatch in open wounds and burrow into skin. Left untreated, they can be deadly. The majority of cases are in livestock. A Maryland resident who traveled from ...
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 ...