Research out today is the first to document nematodes in the wild amassing into towers, likely as a way to reach new places.

Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large gaps or hitch rides on ...

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 ...

Word of a curious worm phenomenon has spread among scientists over the years. Words like, “they’re living in giant towers, ...

The bizarre behavior had previously been observed in experimental settings and was thought to be a competitive attempt to ...

Scientists have captured the first videos of wild roundworms forming living, wriggling towers that behave as one big superorganism ...

Scientists captured nematodes that stack themselves into a wriggling, vertical tower for the first time. Watch the tiny architects in action.

Is there a difference in brain structure between men and women? If we were to find such a difference in a single neuron, would it matter? One of the most useful models for studying these questions ...

Nematodes are the most abundant animal on Earth, but when times get tough, these tiny worms have a hard time moving up and ...

Learn how this species of worm detects death, resulting in a range of behavioral and physiological responses.

A new working model explains the molecular mechanism by which the protein anillin controls asymmetry during cell division, ...