Researchers discovered fossil evidence showing that spionid worms, parasites of modern oysters, were already infecting bivalves 480 million years ago. High-resolution scans revealed their distinctive ...

A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds ...

Nectophrynoides comprise only about one percent of all frogs and toads, but that number is officially increasing. In a study published in the journal Vertebrate Zoology, biologists describe an ...

Earthworms don’t stop shaping soil processes when they die. A new study shows they can still help store carbon in the soil, ...