When the time is right, worms gather together to create a wriggling mass, a tower of worm-ness. No, really. They climb onto each other until their bodies behave like one single organism. They then ...

Nematodes are the most abundant animal on earth, but when times get tough, these tiny worms have a hard time moving up and out. So, they play to the strength of their clade. If food runs out and ...

Scientists have discovered that nematodes, tiny roundworms, can form coordinated living towers to hitch rides with passing insects during times of food scarcity. Researchers from the Max Planck ...

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