A picture of the newly thawed nematode under the microscope. A microscopic worm survived in the Siberian permafrost for a record-breaking 46,000 years, scientists have discovered — tens of thousands ...

Through genetic analyses, a collaborative research team has shown that a 46,000-year-old roundworm discovered in the Siberian Permafrost is a previously undescribed species. The research is published ...

A worm atlas has been built that profiles gene readouts for every kind of cell in the animal. This is the first time this type of comprehensive profiling for a multi-cellular organism has been created ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Identification of soils that inhibit a tiny soybean-destroying organism is an important tool in reducing yield losses, according to a Purdue University plant pathologist.

A professor once told me that if you removed everything from earth and just left the nematodes you would still recognize the outlines of everything. I have absolutely no idea if this is even remotely ...

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 ...

As gardeners, we face a huge list of pests, and we need every helping hand we can get to win the battle. Applying beneficial nematodes is a very simple, organic way to combat many common garden pests.

Drosomycin-type antifungal peptides (DTAFPs) are key innate immunity components of Drosophila and plants and confer resistance to fungal infection. Here we report the discovery of a multigene family ...