Entomologists would argue that the word “bugs” is only accurate when referring to a subset of insects with sucking mouthparts, but I’m leaning ... and even minuscule worms called nematodes that have ...

The researchers made it after watching high-speed video of nematodes pinching themselves into odd shapes to fling themselves forward and backward. The researchers described the soft robot April 23 in ...

Nematodes can jump up to 20 times their body length - AdobeStock The device, made up of a silicone rod with a carbon-fibre spine, was made after watching high-speed video of nematodes pressing ...

A strange video from the South Atlantic Ocean showed parasites on a deep-sea fish. These parasites, Lophoura szidati copepods, looked like they had pigtails. They clung to the head of a rattail ...

"They probably used their mandibles (mouthparts) to handle their prey in a specific way," Lepeco said. Its mandibles moved up and down and not side to side, as they do in today's ants. "Currently ...

The whitefly nymphs and adults cause damage by inserting their mouthparts into the plant’s vascular system and sucking the juice out. Their sticky waste is called “honeydew” and is much ...

“American cockroaches have chewing mouthparts, which means they are capable of biting,” he says. “[But] it would not be expected for a cockroach to bite a person and cause harm, and they are ...

To top it off, weed control is doubly important for fields at risk for soybean cyst nematode (SCN), as many common winter annual weeds host SCN. Learn how to get ahead of winter annual weeds (and ...