Researchers discovered that electrical synapses filter sensory signals in animals, enabling context-specific ...

With hard work and experience, worms move up to roles like chainhand, where they handle the drilling tongs, and later to more senior roles like derrickhand or driller. Roughneck crews have their ...

Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one ...

Scientists have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in 'filtering' sensory information. The new research demonstrates ...

Hopping robins in the garden: the class divides in two and takes it in turn to move as a hopping robin in the garden. Pull that worm! Children use their hands as beaks and pull at the worm ...

The 20 slow worms will cost £15,100 - just over £750 each - to move from the site to a nearby nature reserve More than £15,000 could be spent moving a group of slow worms from the site of a ...

A worm is a long, creeping animal, with a soft, often segmented body. They don't have legs but instead are covered in hairs or bristles that help them to move. They breathe through their skin ...