Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...

ON September 19, 1882, I was waiting for a train at Laqueville, in the Puy-de-Dome district of France, when I noticed a very large worm in the meadow, moving very rapidly from side to side. I ...

Worm castings owe their pest control capacity to chitinase, an enzyme that breaks down chitin, an integral constituent of insect exoskeletons, fungus cell walls, and nematode eggshells.

Nematodes tiny yet mighty form wriggling towers to survive and travel as a team. Long thought to exist only in labs, ...

Today's Bug of the Week raises the “ick” factor to a higher level. Looking like something out of a sci-fi movie, Vivivanne ...

Insect-based feed offers a sustainable solution to reduce environmental impact and combat antimicrobial resistance in ...

Scientists have observed that under intense environmental pressure, nematode worms assemble into towering collective structures to disperse by hitching rides on passing insects. This phenomenon, ...

Worm tower (C. sp. 8) attaching to the passing fly and traveling on the vector until it reaches the next substrate and detaches. CREDIT: Perez et al. (2025) Current Biology.