The spider is so large, its fangs could pierce and deliver their lethal venom through a human fingernail ... funnel-web spider and other spider bites. Emma Teni, the spider keeper at the ...

elegans worms. The size of the spheres allowed them to pass through the worm's digestive system until they met a structure known as the grinder, that, like its name suggests, grinds up the food ...

It was expanded with programs that plant the seeds of democracy and fight for human rights ... with efforts to end river blindness and Guinea worm in the Americas and Africa.

Thanks to the Carters’ efforts, the worms that afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people in 20 African and Asian countries when the center launched its campaign in 1986 are on the brink of extinction.