To be clear, at a certain point the worms did damage more fragile bones, but by testing different worm populations with ...

To clean animal skeletons used for research and education, scientists are turning to a new type of beetle larva. These "superworms" provide an efficient solution to a difficult challenge.

The six-legged staffers of the American Museum of Natural History’s Bug Colony do their grisly work under a lid. The result: neatly tidied bones. The six-legged staffers of the American Museum of ...

Superworms, a mealworm-like form of beetle larva commonly used as pet food, are efficient cleaners of skeletons, according to a study published in PLOS One by Fatemeh Rastekar of Ferdowsi University ...

A triceratops skeleton cast is on display for public viewing at the University of Colorado Boulder, the first time the university’s ever had a full-scale dinosaur skeleton. The Triceratops exhibit ...

From the moment visitors step into the lobby, the Museum of Osteology lives up to its name. The skulls of dozens of hoofed mammals — from bighorn sheep and bison to bushbuck and sitatunga antelopes — ...