Causing an estimated $160 billion in damages globally each year, one of agriculture’s biggest enemies is too small to see ...

That’s what a primary cancer-screening test based on nematodes offers. The biology of cancer is very different from that of healthy cells. Since the output of body fluids such as urine is a ...

A new USDA-NIFA grant supports research on building resistance to southern root-knot nematodes (SKRN) in soybeans. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

This important study will allow for a better understanding of anthelmintic drug resistance in nematodes, a growing concern for public health. The authors provide a detailed analysis of the role of UBR ...

Robert Horvitz, John Sulston and Sydney Brenner are the recipients of this year's Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize was awarded for development of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis ...

The ‘Underground War’ in the Potato Fields Underneath the quiet surface of the potato fields, a hidden war is quietly being ...

By Molly Madrid Reader Staff Everyone is familiar with the saying: “Fact is stranger than fiction.” Perhaps, instead, we should focus on how strange writers of fiction tend to be.  Frank Herbert was ...

The fossil is of a small, worm-like creature named Uncus dzaugisi. The discovery fills a significant gap in the understanding of early animal evolution. “Scientists have hypothesized for decades that ...

Q. Why are the deer bucks breaking down our esperanza stems? As far as I know it is the first time, they have done it in all ...