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Articles sur Worms
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Insects have often been described with words like “disgusting” and the idea of eating them horrifies some people. But this needs to change as they can be an important food source.
Were legs a quirk of genetic mutation rather than an evolutionary inevitability?
Uncovering the monsters of the prehistoric deep.
How can archivists properly preserve computer programs often written specifically to destroy data?
From stingers to swans, Australia’s oceans are full of (potentially) deadly wildlife.
There is much more than just parasitic features when it comes to nematodes: these tiny creatures are vital to ecosystems.
Tropical parasites have been moving up the world health agenda in recent years. They’re still a long way from the top, though.
A microscopic set of teeth helped scientists realise they had been looking at fossils of Hallucigenia back to front.
Intestinal worms (or helminths) are multicellular parasites that live inside the gut. When mature, they can generally be seen with the naked eye. In developing countries with poor sanitation, the most…
A bizarre 500-million-year-old “worm with legs” has finally found its rightful place on the evolutionary tree of life. Fossils of Hallucigenia look so odd that scientists couldn’t make head or tail of…
A molecule in parasitic worms could explain why some worm infections can treat a range of autoimmune diseases, including…
A species of catfish locates its prey by sensing tiny changes in seawater pH. John Caprio from Louisiana State University…
Many microscopic bugs and bacteria live on our skin and within our various nooks and crannies. Almost anywhere on (or even within) the human body can be home to these enterprising bugs. Bugs affect us…
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…
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…
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
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Professeur, UMR ISYEB (Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Reader in Ecology, University of Central Lancashire
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Professor, Federation University Australia
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Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Palaeontology, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology, University of Sydney
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Macquarie University
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Lecturer in Parasitology and Evolutionary Biology, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer in Insect Diversity, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in Music Psychology, Keele University
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Researcher in Nematology, Parasitology, Systematics, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in Macroevolution, University of Bristol
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Lecturer, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide
