In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...

Reconnaissance is a word often associated with a military’s observation of a region to locate an enemy or strategic features ...

Key takeawaysGlobally, over 600 million people are infected with the skin-penetrating threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, ...

"Fight-or-flight" is not an option for plants, unfortunately, when it comes to pathogen attacks. Instead, plants opt for ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

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 ...

Soybean cyst nematodes are quite small and require the help of a microscope to see them poking out of the roots of a soybean plant in a lab at Iowa State University. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa ...

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, ...

The story begins under our feet: Soils are not only a complex habitat, but also a battlefield where tiny nematodes fight against fungi and plant roots. Agriculture in particular suffers as a result.

Mackie and colleagues present a valuable comparison of lateralized gustation in two well-studied nematodes. The evidence they present that ASEL/R lateralization exists and is achieved by different ...

Globally, over 600 million people are infected with the skin-penetrating threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions with poor sanitation infrastructure.