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

In a world-first, tiny worms have been filmed building towers so they can latch onto passing insects. The strategy has been developed to avoid fierce competition when food runs out, allowing them to ...

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

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

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 ... and capable of extending exploratory “arms” into surrounding space.

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 ...

Octopus arms ... out these worm-like movements." The study, "Neuronal segmentation in cephalopod arms," was published January 15, 2025, in Nature Communications. Each octopus arm has a massive ...

Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living ... The ROV’s arm flipped over a small chunk of the volcanic crust, revealing cavities below the ...

New research has revealed that the nervous ... with suckers to carry out these worm-like movements." The study, "Neuronal segmentation in cephalopod arms," was published January 15, 2025, in ...