UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy ...

Now, scientists say that viruses carried by these worms may be one reason they cause such severe illness. In a recent study, published in September in the journal Nature Microbiology, the ...

but this may precisely be one reason that malware worms can get through more easily, which might just be the welcome mat for malware to waltz right in, catching you off guard. So, if you’re ...

For the first time in nearly forty years of intense study, scientists have identified two new viruses that can infect the worms in the wild, opening up new avenues of research in host-virus ...

They're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out.

March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a phenomenon that makes the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse, is visible this week for Americans and others in Earth's Western Hemisphere. The full moon ...

When comparing the human and worm toolboxes, even though both boxes ... families and domains of 16,929 species, divided into viruses (7,784 species), archaea (316 species), bacteria (7,236 species ...

There is even thought to be a connection between an asthma attack — which may be prompted by certain chitin-covered bacteria or viruses — and the activation of human chitinase. Insects’ aversion to ...

India's bristle worms are often overlooked. But they are crucial to the health of the country's wetlands – which is why local women are working to catch the poachers decimating their population.

Cabir was a worm that spread via Bluetooth, and while it wasn't particularly harmful, it demonstrated the potential for mobile phone viruses to propagate and infect other devices. Discovered by ...

Worm castings owe their pest control capacity ... attack — which may be prompted by certain chitin-covered bacteria or viruses — and the activation of human chitinase. Insects’ aversion ...