Molecular biologist Cynthia Kenyon speaks about her seminal discovery and excitement for the future of longevity research ...

When you think of glaciers, you might not think of a diverse ecosystem, but if you look closely, there is an array of life in these harsh environments, and at the centre of it all are tiny black worms ...

A tiny worm turns static electricity into a powerful weapon, launching itself through the air to catch flying prey.

Scientists have discovered that a microscopic parasitic worm can propel itself astonishing distances through the air by using ...

You've probably heard stories about dogs that can sniff out cancer in humans, but what about nematodes? These tiny worms, which measure only about a millimeter in length, are attracted to the odor ...

When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a sweeping motion to clean their own environment. Physicists at the University of ...

Scientists revived a 46,000-year-old worm that was frozen in Siberian permafrost. When they brought it back to life, the worm started having babies. Small worms like this are known to have the ability ...

CORONADO, Calif. — Thousands upon thousands of little pink, slimy critters have been stirring up conversation on social media as beachgoers in Coronado have been asking, ‘What are they?’ For this ...

Andrew Fire and colleagues first described RNA interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans in 1998. 1 Exogenous double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) injected into cells effectively induced silencing of an ...