CNN

First evidence of ‘living towers’ made of worms discovered in nature

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Nature seems to ...

Field-ready tool identifies rare and zoonotic parasitic worms missed by standard tests

Parasitic nematodes (commonly known as roundworms) are a large, diverse and poorly studied group of disease-causing organisms ...
Yahoo

Long-lost ocean worms photobomb tiny seahorses, surprising scientists

A species of marine worm that scientists lost sight of for almost 70 years has finally resurfaced, thanks to some eagle-eyed sleuthing and a seahorse less than an inch long. When researchers analyzed ...
Vail Daily

Worms of Colorado: The good, the bad and the strange

Going about our daily lives, many of us tend not to give worms any thought. They’re wiggly, strange, typically underground and only likely make in-person appearances when we’re gardening or after a ...
Princeton University

In the tissues of a tiny worm, a close-up view of where genes are working

Scientists have long prized the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for studying the biology of multicellular organisms. The millimeter-long worms are easy to grow in the lab and manipulate ...
The Conversation

Why do scientists care about worms?

I traveled to a marine research station on a picturesque Swedish fjord many times over the four years I worked on my Ph.D. What brought me back again and again? Buried in the mud off the west coast of ...