Tiny worms use static electricity to launch and stick to flying insects - scientists reveal how the trick works.

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...

Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa. Until recently, details about this group’s ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified an elusive subunit of a neurotransmitter receptor found in both humans and the much-studied laboratory nematode C. elegans which ...

The Woolly Worm Festival returns this weekend in Banner Elk, celebrating nearly 50 years with races, food, and music.

To blunt the toxic arsenic in the waters where it lives, a deep-sea worm combines it with another chemical to produce a less toxic compound. By Jack Tamisiea Arsenic is a toxic metal, and exposure to ...

A TikTok video of harvested cherries soaking in vinegar and ice reveals small worms crawling out of the fruit. The larvae are a result of cherry fruit flies, which lay eggs on the fruit. While ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Worms have traditionally been viewed as a gardener’s best friend. This is because they are important decomposers that help return organic matter and nutrients to the soil and ...

"The layer where we found Uncus is particularly exciting because the sediment grains are so small that we really see all the details of the fossils preserved there." While the team didn't set out to ...