Utah biologists have characterized D. woaabi, the first of two nematode species recently discovered in the lake’s ...

When the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans gets caught by its fungal predator Arthrobotrys oligospora, it doesn't just wriggle endlessly—it suddenly "freezes," stopping all movement and feeding as ...

Nematodes have been spotted forming writhing towers of tiny worms in the wild for the first time, according to a report in the journal Current Biology. The bizarre behavior had previously only been ...

Pv1-induced learned avoidance causes avoidance of P. mendocina, a beneficial natural bacterial species. Schematic outlining the findings of the study. Prior to exposure to pathogenic P. vranovensis, ...

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 ...

Nematode worms seek out high-calorie food after they consume a cannabis-like substance, much like people who get the “munchies” after smoking marijuana. The finding suggests that cannabis hijacks an ...

A new species of tiny parasitic worm has been discovered, and it could be used to kill insect pests in place of chemical pesticides. When new species of these worms are discovered, scientists get ...

Researchers have proposed a dirt-cheap diagnostic tool using nematodes to smell for cancer -- a practical alternative to disease-sniffing dogs. Nari Jang But even a very good “doctor dog” can only do ...

Those celebrating the decidedly unofficial holiday of 4/20 on Thursday might experience a phenomenon known to scientists and the lay public as “the munchies.” Cannabis’ ability to stimulate appetite ...

Utah’s Great Salt Lake has just yielded a new resident, a microscopic animal that no one had ever documented there before.