Even under a microscope, the nematode Litylenchus crenatae subsp. mccannii doesn’t look like much. But it can bring a lot of damage: Researchers find it living in the buds of beech trees suffering ...

A baby tardigrade riding a nematode won $600 in Nikon's Small World in Motion Video Competition. Quinten Geldhof captured the video using a microscope and an iPhone. His setup cost under $1,000. The ...

Sand is host to hundreds of microscopic species that are yet to be discovered. Deep sea biologist Holly Bik is on a quest to discover as many of these species as possible. These species are called ...

A scanning electron microscope reveals nematodes (highlighted in green) inside the spongy mesophyll of a European beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaf infected with beech leaf disease (BLD). Eggs are marked ...

Some connections in the vast web of life are little easier to see than others. In the Smokies this time of year, black bears lumber up the swaying branches of native cherry trees to feast on dark, sun ...

While most of the thousands of nematode species on Earth are not harmful, some cause diseases in humans and other animals or attack and feed on living plants. Luckily, there are ways to deter these ...