Gardeners often find Brahminy blind snakes, tiny creatures mistaken for worms. These snakes are harmless and beneficial. They ...

A look at how earthworms and now Asian jumping worms are moving across Pennsylvania. Here's why they can be good or bad for the environment.

From plans for spring harvest to spacing tips to planting basics, there’s a steady stream of tasks to do and things to look ...

The world has a simple cure for intestinal worms, but the problem is bigger than a pill. Discover why the real solution lies not in medicine, but in clean water, sanitation, and shoes.

"Have you ever wanted to just be a worm for a day?" asks Riley Neville, the creator of the wacky annelid simulator Wirm. To which my response is "Not until now." Crawling through the ground while ...

What is your relationship with your emotions on a daily basis? Some of us might deny that we’re influenced by our feelings at all. Others might try to leave our emotions behind when we move into ...

You spent some time outside, and then discovered a bug on your leg. What is it? And should you be concerned? It's estimated that more than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease develop in the United ...

Scott Frost must be a fan of suspense because the UCF coach isn’t willing to tip his hand when it comes to who will start at quarterback for the Knights against visiting North Carolina on Saturday.

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Space is a near-perfect vacuum, which means there's no air to carry smells the way we experience them on Earth. Yet astronauts have reported different smells when returning from their space walks. How ...

Dario Vitale’s initial encounter with the world’s most famous painting came when he was about 10 years old. It was on a trip to Paris with his parents, keen to cultivate their young son’s precocious ...

Mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, and deer are all repelled by its scent. It's so strong at telling mosquitoes to bug off (er, no pun intended) that researchers have considered its essential oil to be a ...