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

A team of scientists studying nematodes has recorded unusual behavior that has never been seen before in nature ...

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

Ding and her colleagues captured video footage of the nematode towers in fallen apples and pears in orchards in Konstanz, Germany. They describe their discovery in a study published Thursday in the ...

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

Nematodes are the most abundant animal on earth, but when times get tough, these tiny worms have a hard time moving up and out. So, they play to the ...

To solve the problem, some species of nematodes have been known to assemble into bridge-like towers, but it’s been seen only ...

Even in the shade of a fruit tree, you could be surrounded by tiny ... the worms could assemble in a matter of hours, with some reaching out from the twisting mass as exploratory “arms ...