I decided that I, too, needed to attend the Longwood Area Worm Meeting. Thus began a trip into the world of C. elegans worms and the people who love them. In 25 years as a writer in Boston, I’ve ...

These are derived from three plants: Aristolochia elegans, known locally as kapapula or 'little paper', Vernonia amygdalina, commonly known as mululuza, and Artemesia annua, which was introduced to ...

One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has tried—and utterly failed—to simulate it.

A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist. Caenorhabditis elegans, one millimeter long, has just 959 cells.

The biggest and smelliest flower in the world has bloomed at Kew, in news that is both good and bad. It’s good, because this rare flower takes several years to grow, and can reach some three metres in ...

C. elegans can be grown in a petri-dish containing E. coli in the laboratory, as their natural diet is bacteria. Because of their small size, large numbers of C. elegans can be maintained in the ...

On June 11, I wrote an article inquiring if anyone had pipestem swallowtails breeding in their yard. I checked our IFAS Assessment website, assessment.ifas.ufl.edu, to see if Aristolochia elegans ...

I then looked for information to see if Aristolochia elegans is toxic for pipestem swallowtail caterpillars. When I searched the internet for information, The Florida Wildflower Foundation website for ...

I then looked for information to see if Aristolochia elegans is toxic for pipestem swallowtail caterpillars. When I searched the internet for information, The Florida Wildflower Foundation website for ...