Worm towers– sometimes called swarms– “were kind of just whispered about in the worm community,” says Ding. Previously, there were anecdotal reports and documented observations of these multi-nematode ...

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 ...

This includes the production of defensive chemicals, some of which could be harnessed as novel drugs or antibiotics in humans and livestock,” Groen said. “We can then share this information ...

“Several viable nematode individuals were found in two ... to understand the long-term survival of organisms and the human evolution process, as well as a step forward in discovering how to ...

A group from Nagoya University in Japan has discovered that when the diet of nematodes, tiny worms measuring ... decline in other animals, including humans. Their findings were published in ...

No nematodes had been known to achieve such a ... Cryptobiosis could, perhaps one day, be engineered by humans, he added. Image Melting permafrost near the Kolyma River southwest of the town ...