Recently awoken 46,000-year-old nematodes already have 100 generations of babies The last time these specimen were squirming about, Neanderthals were still around.

With more than 250,000 known species, nematodes comprise the world's most abundant animal phylum in both aquatic and terrestrial biospheres. They live deep in the oceans, deep underground, and in ...

Plenty of nematodes are extremophiles, meaning they can thrive in conditions that would be lethal to most other animals. But the roundworms are still vulnerable to some threats, like bacterial ...

News & Views Published: 01 December 2004 Exploring nematode diversity Thomas Blumenthal & Richard E Davis Nature Genetics 36, 1246–1247 (2004) Cite this article ...

Suspended animation The roundworms, also known as nematodes, had been in a type of suspended animation, known as cryptobiosis, for 46 millenniums.

Leaping nematodes have an almost unerring ability to pounce on prey such as this fruit fly. The white trails show the arching paths of the parasitic roundworms’ leaps. Víctor M. Ortega Jiménez ...

Carnivorous fungi like the oyster mushroom feed on nematodes because these little creatures are plentiful in soil and provide a handy protein source. Different species have evolved various ...

Bt Toxins Found To Kill Parasitic Roundworms Date: February 20, 2003 Source: University Of California - San Diego Summary: Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered ...

Nematodes are a popular model organism to study human aging and longevity, explains Churgin. In fact, that’s the ultimate goal of WorMotel. While they may be tiny, nematodes and humans have some ...