A new study has lifted the lid on five species of root-lesion nematodes living in maize crops across New Zealand - and suggested the existence of a hitherto-unsuspected cryptic species. The article, ...

Plant-parasitic nematodes are microscopic organisms that affect most crops, whether in tropical or temperate regions. Control methods currently rely on application of chemical nematicide dressings, ...

Scientists have published the largest nematode phylogenetic tree up until now. It contains over 1,200 species and is entirely based on the analysis of DNA sequence data. Scientists from Wageningen ...

In darkness, a wormlike creature squirms. A tiny nematode weaves its way between grains of rock and particles of organic ...

It is important to test this prediction, and to assess its generality, because it has enormous practical as well as theoretical implications. From the theoretical point of view, the inter-relationship ...

Oswaldocruzia costaricensis n. sp. (Strongylida: Molineidae) from the intestines and Rhabdias savagei n. sp. (Rhabditida: Rhabdiasidae) from the lungs of Rana cf. forreri (Anura: Ranidae) are ...

A professor once told me that if you removed everything from earth and just left the nematodes you would still recognize the outlines of everything. I have absolutely no idea if this is even remotely ...