Microscopic parasitic worms use static electricity to pull themselves toward flying insects, turning physics into a powerful ...

Taking flight: a parasitic roundworm prepares to jump on its host (courtesy: Victor M. Ortega-Jimenez) Researchers in the US ...

A tiny worm that leaps high into the air—up to 25 times its body length—to attach to flying insects uses static electricity ...

Plant parasitic nematodes are microscopic worm-like organisms that require water to survive and are sensitive to high temperature. Only living nematodes can be extracted from roots. Through the years ...

While most of the thousands of nematode species on Earth are not harmful, some cause diseases in humans and other animals or attack and feed on living plants. Luckily, there are ways to deter these ...

The annotated genome of one of the most destructive nematodes -- Meloidogyne incognita -- the southern root-knot nematode, has just been published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. There are ...

Researchers in Illinois have discovered widespread occurrence of plant-parasitic nematodes in the first reported nematode survey of Miscanthus and switchgrass plants used for biofuels. Researchers at ...

Parasitic nematodes represent a major global health and agricultural challenge, and recent advancements in genome sequencing and transcriptomic analyses have greatly enhanced our understanding of ...