Have you ever pulled up vegetable plants such as tomatoes or peppers at the end of the growing season and noticed bumps along the underground portion of the stem or on the roots? Did you wonder what ...

Every year, cotton growers in Texas and Oklahoma battle an unforeseen enemy—cotton nematodes. Unless you have a microscope, it is literally the invisible purveyor of death and destruction to cotton ...

Q: Why isn’t milky spore bacterium recommended here for grub control? I thought we had Japanese beetles and they were the same as all the other June beetles and grubs eating the roots of our plants. I ...

Fun fact: The microscopic worms BYU professor Byron Adams studies are not only the most abundant animal species on earth, they also make up four-fifths of animal life on this planet. That's right, ...

If you’re the outdoorsy type, you may have occasionally stumbled upon a colony of ants assembling itself into a tower-like structure to avoid being swept away by incoming rainfall. This type of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A group of scientists uncovered a 46,000-year-old soil nematode from ...

Nematodes are known for targeting both garden pests and beneficial pollinators. Does this make them friend or foe when it comes to your flowers?

LAS VEGAS — Some species of parasitic roundworms can catapult themselves high into the air to latch onto fruit flies and other insects. Experiments now reveal that leaping Steinernema carpocapsae ...

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New research shows that parasitic nematodes, responsible for infecting more than a billion people globally, carry viruses that may solve the puzzle of why some cause serious diseases. The findings are ...