C. elegans

Living creatures do amazing things. They grow toward the sun, build cities, lay eggs, and some even bone. But living…

Worms infected by bacteria often start showing signs of serious nerve damage in the brain. If a worm happens to be…

This worm is in a Greek myth, and not the fun Greek myth where people get knocked up by rain. It's in a depressing,…

Developers working on the OpenWorm Project, an effort to create a virtual nematode worm in a computer, have attained…

In an experiment that even caught the researchers by surprise, nematode worms had their lifespans increased by — get…

Caenorhabditis elegans is a a less-than-one-millimeter-long nematode that matures and dutifully produces its next…

There is an organism living on this planet who can travel through space without a suit. Cute, unassuming little…