This insect is so enormous, it was mistaken for a reptile. In late October, a concerned Midlothian, Virginia, resident spotted a strange “snake” measuring roughly 10 to 12 inches long with a head ...

Researchers have solved Alaska's "snake worm" mystery after discovering a new species of fungus-eating fly whose juveniles band together and slither around like a long, gray serpent. The snake worm ...

Worms are interesting creatures. Some worms can even regrow their brains if needed. But, an invasive jumping worm has started appearing in more than a dozen states throughout the Midwest. The worms ...

[R]esearchers say that when it comes to invasive earthworms, a particularly nasty annelid species poses a growing threat to a large chunk of New England’s forest ecosystem, including sugar maples.

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 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KOIN/AP) — A new invasive species known as the “crazy snake worm” has been found in Oregon. The Capital Press reports that the Oregon Department of Agriculture has confirmed the worm has ...

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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 ...

During more than a dozen fishing trips to lakes and sloughs and other inland waters over the past couple of months, I've seen exactly one snake. That was Tuesday morning, when a broad-banded water ...

Step aside “murder hornets,” sightings of an invasive species of a snake-like worm are being reported in Georgia. Sightings of shovel-headed garden worms, also known as hammerhead worms, have recently ...