The throat of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans might seem like an odd place for exploring the complexity of life's mechanisms, until one realizes how much information has been collected on these ...

The resulting diagram, known as a connectome, was published in 1986 and inspired neurobiologists around the world to attempt to understand how animal behavior, learning and memory were governed ...

The roundworm is one of biology's most widely studied organisms, and it's the first to have the complete wiring diagram, or connectome, of its nervous system mapped out.

Give roundworms some weed and they’ll get the munchies, study finds Work could further our understanding of endocannabinoid system, help drug development.

What are the risks for transmission of roundworm from an infected puppy to humans, and what preventive measures can be taken? An expert infectious disease veterinarian addresses a reader's concern.

A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles. The infection, Baylisascaris procyonis, can affect the brain, spinal cord and eyes.

When a 64-year-old Australian woman was sent to hospital for brain surgery, neurosurgeon Dr. Hari Priya Bandi was not expecting to pull out a live 8-centimeter (3-inch) long parasitic roundworm ...

Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago — at a time when woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and giant elks still roamed the Earth. The roundworm, of a previously ...