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 ...
An unfamiliar pest found in flowerpots at a nursery in North Carolina has been identified as a predatory flatworm and experts aren’t sure where the species originated, according to N.C. State’s Plant ...
Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen invasive species of land flatworm living in North Carolina, Florida, and possibly other parts of the U.S. Reading time 3 minutes The United States ...
A ribbon worm kept in a laboratory aquarium for decades has turned out to be the oldest known example of its kind. Its age, ...
Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
One of Earth's most consequential bursts of biodiversity—a 30-million-year period of explosive evolutionary changes spawning innumerable new species—may have the most modest of creatures to thank for ...
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Giant predator worms dominated the seas before dinosaurs, 500-million-year-old fossils discovered
The discovery of fossils within the depths of the waters highlighted some of the unknown species that colonized the region. It was the case with the new fossil named ...
WASHINGTON — Earthworms, as we know, are garden champions, cleaning the soil by eating their weight in organic matter every day and aerating it as they wriggle around, creating tunnels to ease root ...
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