In 1963, on a hunch, a South African biologist named Sydney Brenner decided to study a species of worms named C. elegans. The worms turned out to be the perfect lab animal. They were simple creatures ...

Scientists are studying the behavior of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans in the hopes of shedding light on the function and evolutionary origins of animal behaviors such as locomotion, feeding and ...

At their longest, ribbon worms can grow up to 180 feet, or the equivalent of two blue whales or 720 gummy worms. Turns out, these lanky crawlers also have lengthy lifespans. For over 20 years, the ...

NORMAL — Boot camp. That's how an Illinois State University faculty member describes what he is put a group of high school students through this week as part of the Summer Research Academy. Eighty ...