Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large gaps or hitch rides on ...

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

Under the clinical sterility of glassware, life can do some rather curious things. Whether such behaviors are exclusive to ...

Worm towers– sometimes called swarms– “were kind of just whispered about in the worm community,” says Ding. Previously, there were anecdotal reports and documented observations of these multi-nematode ...

Research out today is the first to document nematodes in the wild amassing into towers, likely as a way to reach new places.

Nematodes are the most abundant animal on Earth, but when times get tough, these tiny worms have a hard time moving up and ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories.