A research team has presented its findings on the functioning of an atypical cryptochrome protein (Cry). These proteins are found in a variety of organisms, and they are often involved in ...

A new interdisciplinary study led by molecular biologist Florian Raible from the Max Perutz Labs at the University of Vienna provides exciting insights into the bristles of the marine annelid worm ...

In a recent publication in Nature Communications, a joint research team of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Cologne, and the University of Oldenburg has presented their ...

Molecular biologists provide exciting insights into the bristles of the marine annelid worm Platynereis dumerilii. Specialized cells, so-called chaetoblasts, control the formation of the bristles.

(TMX) – Scientists say a tiny, nocturnal worm that lives in the Mediterranean Sea has eyes so large that if a human had them, they “would need a big sturdy wheelbarrow and brawny arms to lug around ...

Barefoot beachgoers in Texas are being warned of a spiky new menace lurking underfoot – venomous sea worms. Known as bristle worms, or marine polychaetes, the prickly creatures are rarely seen but ...

A new interdisciplinary study led by molecular biologist Florian Raible from the Max Perutz Labs at the University of Vienna provides exciting insights into the bristles of the marine annelid worm ...

I go worm hunting in estuaries and the intertidal section of a beach on to which waves crash, depending on the tides. My work takes me to places such as the picturesque Knysna Lagoon along South ...