First evidence of ‘living towers’ made of worms discovered in nature

First Evidence of ‘Living Towers’ Made of Worms Discovered in Nature

Nature seems to offer an escape from the hustle and bustle of city life, but the world at your feet may tell another story. Even in the shade of a fruit tree, you could be surrounded by tiny skyscrapers —…

First evidence of ‘living towers’ made of worms discovered in nature

Scientists captured nematodes that stack themselves into a wriggling, vertical tower for the first time. Watch the tiny architects in action.

Worms Caught Building Flesh Towers in the Wild

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

Worms team up to form tentacles when they want to go places

Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large gaps or hitch rides on larger animals

“We Captured Something No One Had Documented Before”: Wild Worm Towers Seen For The First Time

Birds of a feather flock together. Worms with power form a tower.

Worms Use Their Bodies to Build Towers as a Wild Survival Strategy

Under the clinical sterility of glassware, life can do some rather curious things.