Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have made major headway in understanding a strange and elusive species of snake-like worm known as amphisbaenians. The worms are vertebrates, scaly and ...

Snakes are rather strange animals in general thanks to their bizarre anatomy, but have you ever wondered: what are the most unusual, odd, and absolute weirdest snakes in the entire world? What kind of ...

Because 2020 is the year that keeps on giving there’s another ominously named creature out there in our wilds that we are being alerted to be on the lookout for. That’s right, the year that has ...

Snake lungworm disease, which infects at least 19 snake species, is poised to spread throughout the southeastern U.S. Jenna Palmisano, a biologist at the University of Central Florida, holds a ...

This worm bucks like a rodeo bull, but it eats like a cow. Scientists are learning new details about a species of “jumping” earthworms, a k a “crazy” worms, a k a “Alabama jumpers,” so dubbed for ...

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

If you’re wondering what happened to your once-beautiful soil, diminished to the texture of coffee grounds, you’re not crazy. But maybe your worms are. So-called crazy worms – also commonly known as ...

Claudia Tooley’s home in Brewerton is surrounded by gardens bursting with pink coneflowers, black-eyed susans, green hostas, and a dozen other plants. Standing in her yard last week while holding a ...

You probably already know that North Carolina has lots of snakes. So you might not give a long, skinny thing slithering along the ground a second thought. “Yep,” you’d say to yourself, “just another ...