David Biron’s lab contains arrays of microscopes in darkened rooms, all focused on tiny worms in various stages of development. These worms have cameras trained on them day and night, generating tens ...

At their longest, ribbon worms can grow up to 180 feet, or the equivalent of two blue whales or 720 gummy worms. Turns out, these lanky crawlers also have lengthy lifespans. For over 20 years, the ...

Scientists are studying the behavior of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans in the hopes of shedding light on the function and evolutionary origins of animal behaviors such as locomotion, feeding and ...