Pexels Most gardeners and growers have heard the word “nematode” and assumed the worst. That reaction is understandable but ...

A microscopic worm survived in the Siberian permafrost for a record-breaking 46,000 years, scientists have discovered — tens of thousands of years longer than previously resurrected worms. The ancient ...

UC Davis nematologists, including Valerie Williamson, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology, and associate professor Shahid Siddique, Department of Entomology and Nematology, have ...

Scientists have discovered a worm that managed to stretch its short life expectancy — by tens of thousands of years. A tiny roundworm was revived after it was frozen in Siberian permafrost 46,000 ...

Ok, well a “penis” in male nematodes is actually a hard copulatory spine called a genital spicule–males physically pry open the female’s vulva–but you get the idea. What better way to open a blog post ...

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects. These worms, called nematodes, could control crop pests in warm, humid places where other beneficial ...

If you’re the outdoorsy type, you may have occasionally stumbled upon a colony of ants assembling itself into a tower-like structure to avoid being swept away by incoming rainfall. This type of ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has detected golden nematode on a potato farm in Manitoba. It is a quarantine pest that does not affect ...