The New Zealand velvet worm or ngāokeoke has been crowned bug of the year for 2025. The ancient gummy-looking worm, covered ...

The new worm snail species is on its shipwreck home, with the mucus web it uses to trap food. The worm snail shell appears in this image as a blue-ish tube at the center of the photo; the mucus ...

Like worms, these freshwater snail species are known as "dentritivores." Others are filter feeders, like krill and some ...

Rat lungworm is caused by a parasitic worm that attacks the brain and spinal ... you’ve got to think like a snail,” Nazario-Leary said. “They like to live in dark, moist places.