Impressive, but when it comes to length alone, the whale tapeworm is hard to beat. T. calyptocephalus doesn't start out so giant. The head end, known as the scolex, fixes to the whale’s gut and ...

A humpback whale that had been thrilling boaters off Newport Beach, Ca., for several days breached for a prolonged period Sunday, revealing that the mammal is hardly free and thriving.

It’s the medical innovation that no one asked for. Scientists have just created a synthetic version of a tapeworm’s tiny hook-filled head—a perhaps unnerving invention that might actually ...

Flow chart illustrating the mechanism of action of the tapeworm-inspired tissue anchoring mechanism. Upon contact with a tissue surface (in this case, the intestinal lining), the small protruding ...

Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's rarest whale species WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- It is the world’s rarest ...

A humpback whale that had been thrilling boaters off Newport Beach, Ca., for several days breached for a prolonged period Sunday, revealing that the mammal is hardly free and thriving. The ...

Tapeworms don't just cause discomfort; they drain their host of vital nutrients, leaving them weaker by the day. In Warren Buffett's eyes, that's exactly what rising health care costs are doing to ...

But this was no ordinary whale. “I immediately went, ‘Oh my goodness, it’s a spade-toothed whale!’” the senior marine science adviser for New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC ...

Crypto wallets with large balances of crypto tokens capture the attention of other traders. These “whale” wallets make waves as they come and go, often earning a healthy profit from their trades. A ...