The kids seem more excited to be more hands-on because we have more tools than we did last year,’ says program leader Kira Higgins ...

When roundworms stop reproducing, they can still move and function normally but lose their ability to detect certain food odors that once led them to their meals. Researchers at Nagoya University have ...

Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

Biologists used to assume that ribbon worms were short-lived, fragile creatures, the kind of invertebrates that flicker ...

How the TVA and TWRA are partnering to bring a prehistoric fish back to Tennessee after it was "wiped out" locally.

Nagoya University researchers discovered a gene that actively suppresses food-odor detection in roundworms after reproduction ...

Imagine suddenly losing your ability to smell certain foods; no longer sensing the aroma of fresh bread or ripe fruit. This is what happens to roundworms when they stop reproducing. They can still ...

Russian researchers have coaxed microscopic animals back to life after they spent roughly 24,000 years locked in Siberian ice, turning a patch of permafrost into a real-world time capsule. The revived ...

A resilient parasite carried by raccoons is spreading across Europe, posing a severe neurological threat to humans. Experts ...

Scientists have revived 24,000-year-old bdelloid rotifer microworms. The rotifers were frozen in permafrost in a long-term cryptobiotic state. Lessons from these and other revived organisms could help ...

It grows quickly and depends on adult worker ants to feed it. These workers decide how much and what kind of food the larva gets. Once the larva is big enough it goes through a metamorphosis and ...

The Leibniz Association is funding a new collaborative project to untangle European marine annelids. Led by Dr Jenna Moore at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), the ...