Research out today is the first to document nematodes in the wild amassing into towers, likely as a way to reach new places. Reading time 4 minutes Scientists have just discovered something most of us ...
The star of this picture isn't the fruit fly, it's the columns of thousands of nematodes on the right working together to catch a lift. This is also the first time that scientists have formally ...
Nematodes tiny yet mighty form wriggling towers to survive and travel as a team. Long thought to exist only in labs, scientists have now spotted these towers naturally forming in rotting orchard fruit ...
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“We Captured Something No One Had Documented Before”: Wild Worm Towers Seen For The First Time
Word of a curious worm phenomenon has spread among scientists over the years. Words like, “they’re living in giant towers, Jim.” An understandably perplexing concept, but one that we can now confirm ...
Function of towers The team observed the natural dauer towers waving in unison, much like individual nematodes do by standing on their tails to latch onto a passing animal. But their new findings ...
Nematodes are the most abundant animal on earth, but when times get tough, these tiny worms have a hard time moving up and out. So, they play to the strength of their clade. If food runs out and ...
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