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The worm grew to less than 3 centimeters (1 inch) at its widest, but up to 27 centimeters (nearly a foot) long.
An unlikely alliance.
It's all about the oxygen.
Much like ourselves, fruit flies can survive on a number of different diets. A new study shows why.
Researchers designed an artificial suction disc that is even more powerful than the real thing.
"It's not the human system," say the authors.
"We basically short-circuited the stored energy."
No other team has successfully applied gene-editing techniques to reptiles.
In about 10 days' time, we'll see if it worked or not.
"The takeaway is that this mechanical itch sensation is distinct from other forms of touch and it has this specialized pathway within the spinal cord," the authors explain.
We need to start being more serious about protecting the trees.
It's an environmental catastrophe.
Bad news for bees.
"I've shown the videos to biologists who study invertebrates and their reaction is always the same: they shake their heads in wonder," said one of the researchers.
This is amazing -- and a bit scary.
It's amazing what you can do with one fossil.
It's like a game of chicken where the winner gets to eat your chips.
Turtles can control their own development and choose for themselves whether to become a boy or a girl.
"Since the virus cannot infect human liver cells, it is highly unlikely that the virus can infect people."
It's common sense that a plant's roots grow downward in the soil -- but it hasn't always been like this.
Sticks and stones may break your bones but this thing will fix'em right up.
Unique wildlife in a third of the beaches between Santa Barbara and San Diego is seriously threatened.
The study found that spider’s eyes provide high-quality information when they're small as well as when they are large.
Take away the proteins, and our immune systems decimate cancers.
"It's a clear demonstration that parthenolide has the potential to progress from the flowerbed into the clinic," they report.
The Komodo dragon is an awesome predator -- and now scientists have discovered its genetic secrets.
Balding could soon be a thing of the past -- if you're wealthy enough.
The huge bone belonged to one of the largest creatures to ever walk on land.
"We might think of different scenarios where people aren't motivated like depression and block these neurons and receptors to help them feel better," the authors explain.
"This [study] shows that more research is needed into the efficiency of different water treatment methods for antibiotic removal, as none of the treatments currently used were designed to incorporate this," says lead author Dr. Lena Ciric.
"All organisms share the same injury response pathway but in some organisms like hydra, it leads to regeneration," the team explains. They're working on finding out why, and how to copy it.
Are trees superorganisms?
We might not be the unique species we like to consider ourselves.
It's a remarkable communication and adaptation mechanism.
Taking theft to the next level.
"The resulting plants would grow larger and need less water and fertilizer, for instance," say the authors.
Fake meat is not just a fad.
Since 2015, Iceland has planted around 1,000 hectares of forest (between three and four million trees).
"We now have a pathogen whose molecular history we can follow for thousands of years," says paper co-author McCormick. "The jury's out, evidence is accumulating, and we're all going to learn as we go forward."
"In the future, we might also adapt dietary regimens for insect rearing in order to increase their antioxidant content for animal or human consumption," say the authors.
"We are incredibly excited about this first discovery on the road to realizing the goals of the Harnessing Plants Initiative," the authors say.
Inhale iron, exhale rust.
The bird's hyper-elongated third toe is longer than its whole lower leg, the authors report.
Everybody seems to be running from the heat this summer.
The record-breaking belt of brown algae stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.
Researchers plan to employ them as producers of food, antibiotics, other materials for astronauts on deep space missions.
This is huge news for the biotech industry.
This might solve a long-standing puzzle about plant domestication.
To become successful, life had to find a way to turn food from the environment into energy.
Between three and six such species have existed in the past.
