By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

Deep in the humid lowlands of southern Mexico, engineers, veterinarians and entomologists are racing to repurpose a plant ...

It’s been a very colorful fall, with plenty of leaf-peeping. The peak season is on the wane, but there is still plenty of color at the mid- and lower elevations. The weather is very accommodating for ...

Asymmetric cell division can be divided into four main steps: symmetry breaking, polarity establishment, determinant segregation and spindle positioning. As a result of these steps, a mother cell can ...

The first frost of the season arrived in many areas earlier this week. Snow fell in the high country, too. The change in season is upon us, but the next few days return to pleasant fall weather.

Duck hunters are traditional and proud of it. We’re also — how should I put this? — an opinionated lot. So by nature, we are susceptible to old myths. Certain ideas get passed around duck camps, ...

Researchers have discovered a microscopic roundworm that uses electrostatic induction to launch itself onto flying insects.

We live in an age in which whole-genome sequences are commonplace on our hard drives and on other storage media and servers throughout the Internet. It is easy to think of a genome in purely digital ...