Scientists captured nematodes that stack themselves into a wriggling, vertical tower for the first time. Watch the tiny architects in action.

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The unknowns in stacks of worms. As the next step, Perez said her team would like to learn whether the formation of these structures is a cooperative or competitive behavior.

The bigger question is how the worms communicate within the towers. If the worms on top latch onto a fly, how do those at the bottom know to detach from where they’re anchored?

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At the end of 24 hours the worms in the heated juice and the salt water were “very lively and active.” But those in the fresh pineapple juice were “completely digested” (dead).

Photographs of seahorses taken by scuba divers revealed evidence of a long-lost species of marine worm that hasn’t been seen since the mid-1950s, scientists say.

Jumping worms wiggle madly, even “jumping” out of your hand. They look like other worms, but the collar, called the Clitellum, is close to the head, white, and not raised above the rest of the ...

The team found that worms such as the widely studied Caenorhabditis elegans are most likely to form towers when there are large numbers of them, a shortage of food and some kind of structure for ...

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 ...

Living towers: A closer look To find out what was motivating the nematodes’ building behavior, the study team tested the worms’ reactions to being poked, prodded and even visited by a fly ...

Scientists discovered nematodes forming wriggling, vertical towers in nature, showcasing unique behavior and architecture in the animal kingdom.