Most behaviors are thought to be controlled by multiple genes, but Mario de Bono and Cori Bargmann (University of California, San Francisco) recently reported in Cell (94, 679–689, 1998) that a ...
But it's actually a legless lizard, the only such creature native to Britain. Slow worms are probably the most frequently seen reptile in Britain. Dr Mark Wilkinson, a Museum researcher specialising ...
A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist. A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist.
Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands. Giant worms ...
Now, scientists say that viruses carried by these worms may be one reason they cause such severe illness. In a recent study, published in September in the journal Nature Microbiology, the ...
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Learn more As an assistant in veterinary hospitals, I conducted fecal tests to look for the presence of worms in cats. These intestinal parasites hide inside your cat where they silently cause ...