Vinegar eel "flash mob" caught under the microscope! Researchers were stunned when they measured the force of the roiling ...

What happens to worms and parasites when exposed to freezing temperatures? 🔬 This microscopic science experiment reveals how the freezer impacts their structure and survival. #MicroscopeScience #Para ...

When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a sweeping motion to clean their own environment. Physicists at the University of ...

“Our clinical and epidemiologic findings show that the zoonotic eye fluke P. lacrymosus can infect humans in South America.

Cells experience many different types of stress, such as starvation or stress caused by too much salt or too high a temperature. Insulin signals respond to such stress signals by sending the protein ...

Doug Steffen creates compost extracts from native microorganisms to treat seeds and soil, reducing inputs while improving crop performance.

AMOLF researchers discovered a mysterious interplay of insulin signals in the worm C. elegans. The insulin-driven protein DAF ...

AMOLF researchers discovered a mysterious interplay of insulin signals in the worm C. elegans. The insulin-driven protein DAF ...

It started as ordinary fieldwork and ended with scientists questioning what they thought they knew. In one of the harshest lakes in North America, a living creature was found where almost no one ...

So far there has been Ellie and Ross, Roxy and mum Judy and even old pals Netty and Ross reuniting in an unexpected surprise ...

Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

Biologists and ecologists have long wished to gather high-quality data on exactly what the animals they study are eating, but how can such observations be made without disturbing the natural patterns ...