SHEEP FARMERS in Australia and New Zealand have a problem. Their charges are susceptible to intestinal nematode worms which cause them to waste away and can, in severe cases, kill them. Over the years ...

If an individual can warn their group about danger, they might be able to overcome it. It seems that even a nematode worm will try to warn fellow creatures about threatening microbes like the ...

Genetically modified nematodes provide a new disease model to screen potential treatments for a rare neurogenetic disorder ...

Tiny soil worms called nematodes usually feast on bacteria or algae, and have tiny mouths to suit their diet. But give a baby nematode some fungus and its mouth can as much as double in size – giving ...

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects. These worms, called nematodes, could control crop pests in warm, humid places where other beneficial ...

Biologists have long puzzled over why organisms with similar numbers of protein-coding genes can differ so dramatically in ...

A new study in Current Biology has found that nematode worms C. elegans have the same response to cannabinoids as humans do. The study found that the nematodes become hungrier for foods they like and ...

Word of a curious worm phenomenon has spread among scientists over the years. Words like, “they’re living in giant towers, Jim.” An understandably perplexing concept, but one that we can now confirm ...

It's the stuff of nightmares: countless worms slithering over each other to form a slimy tower that can move like a single superorganism. And yet researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal ...

Tiny worm towers may rely on invasive beetles for transport, according to a study investigating hitchhiking nematodes in ...