Durham >> Earthworms: They wiggle, squiggle and jiggle and kids of all ages love learning about them when they visit the Worm Farm Learning Foundation. “We cater to all kids. We’ve had every age and ...

Dietary restriction -- the reduction of a specific nutrient or total dietary intake without triggering malnutrition -- increases longevity and improves learning, but are these processes regulated ...

A billion people living in underdeveloped areas around the world are infected with parasitic helminthes, worms that survive by residing in and feeding on their hosts. These infestations can cause ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 28, 2023) – A tiny worm called the C. elegans is enabling scientists to explore the emerging theory that Parkinson’s disease starts in the gut. Key to the condition known to produce ...

These ideas celebrate what’s a little ‘gross’ - but actually very good - about worms in the garden, and supports adults to ...

Biophysicists have used an automated method to model a living system -- the dynamics of a worm perceiving and escaping pain. The model makes accurate predictions about the dynamics of the worm ...

When University of Delaware molecular biologist Adam Marsh was studying the DNA of worms living in Antarctica’s frigid seas to understand how the organisms managed to survive—and thrive—in the ...