Word of a curious worm phenomenon has spread among scientists over the years. Words like, “they’re living in giant towers, ...

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

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 ...

Aquatic blackworms, facing starvation and low oxygen, unite to form 'wormnadoes,' writhing towers observed in the wild for ...