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And why earthworms are careful to select a mate of the same size as themselves.
The last full moon of winter can illuminate earthworms in newly-thawed soil.
Robots often have a hard time navigating through debris, but robots designed based on worms and snakes could move around obstacles faster, thanks to an idea called mechanical intelligence.
Cane toads are evolving as they spread across Australia. Parasitic lungworms are becoming more infectious to keep up.
The waters of the St. Lawrence are running out of breath and bottom-dwelling organisms are already feeling the effects. Here’s how ecosystems are reacting.
Thawing permafrost in the far north is an inviting prospect for invertebrate burrowers.
In the vast St. Lawrence River, an impressive variety of animals live on the seabed. This group of organisms is called benthos or benthic invertebrates.
The intersection of infected livestock from endemic tapeworm regions and dogs scavenging for disposed animal by-products creates the perfect storm to infect vulnerable human populations.
Headlines about brain worms can be alarming. There are much more common parasites which can infect your body and brain and ways you can minimise your risks of being infected with one.
A strange worm found in the jungle, then harvested and preserved in… gin, provides a better understanding of the evolution and genetics of flatworms.
After nearly 40 years of effort, Guinea worm disease is on the cusp of being the second human disease – after smallpox – to be eradicated on Earth.
A large proportion of primary school aged kids get infected with pinworm at some time – and yes, it can make them pretty moody.
Potato productivity in Kenya is declining, this is partly due to potato cyst nematodes - a microscopic type of roundworm that feeds on potato roots.
A new species of flatworm is invading us. It is metallic black in color and its name is Humbertium covidum.
Although there is no evidence yet that it affects COVID-19 vaccines, schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, has been associated with lower vaccine immunity for several vaccines.
Australia’s invasive cane toads may be out-evolving their lungworm parasites.
‘Worm’ is really a catchall term for a huge variety of animals with different characteristics that span the tree of life. They hold clues about our own origins as well as hints about human health.
A new discovery fuses science, serendipity and a millimetre-sized worm that is hundreds of millions of years old to help develop a treatment for phaeochromocytoma.
Pink blood, green blood, or no blood at all – when it comes to what’s inside a worm’s body, the answer is more complicated – and fascinating – than you’d think.
Top contributors
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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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Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Palaeontology, Durham University
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Honorary Professor, Federation University Australia
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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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Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology, University of Sydney
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Macquarie University
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PhD Researcher in Environmental Science, King's College London
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Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Insect Diversity, Stellenbosch University
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Environmental Biologist, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University
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Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool and International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya, University of Liverpool
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Researcher in Nematology, Parasitology, Systematics, Stellenbosch University
