The hairworm is a long, thread-like parasite that sits bundled up inside the body of its host. It grows so large that it takes up most of the room inside the host’s body, waiting for the right moment to…
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Polychaete worms can change their metabolic rates to adapt to waters with high levels carbon dioxide. A study conducted by…
Never has “feeling blue” carried such a sense of finality. A new study has revealed the simple worm (Caenorhabditis elegans) meets its death in a flash of azure. And, according to researchers, the blue…
Our series, Animals in Research, profiles the top organisms used for science experimentation. Here, we look at Caenorhabditis elegans – a roundworm. When you think of a worm, what do you see? For some…
In a chance sighting, scientists have managed to study the ecology of a whale carcass, found in an undersea crater beneath…
A universal language employed by nematodes (or roundworms) has been discovered; a form of communication never seen before…
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Professeur, UMR ISYEB (Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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