Researchers wanted to understand precisely how blackworms execute tangling and ultrafast untangling movements for a myriad of biological functions. They researched the topology of the tangles. Their ...

Animals often rely on their sense of smell to locate food. It's a law of nature: the first one to reach a food source has a better chance of surviving than those who do not. But how exactly does their ...

Aug. 2 (UPI) --Scientists have revealed the complex math behind the nematode's search for food. Like most worms, roundworms, Caenorhabditis elegans, rely on their sense of smell to track down food.

Gathering around a row of raised garden beds on a recent Monday afternoon, kindergarten students peer through magnifying glasses to observe something: a red wiggler worm making its way through a ...

For millennia, humans have used knots for all kinds of reasons — to tie rope, braid hair, or weave fabrics. But there are organisms that are better at tying knots and far superior — and faster — at ...