But the little worm also shares some surprising affinities with us. Its DNA holds more than 19,000 genes—only a few hundred shy of the lofty human genome. Many of those genes are "homologs ...

Two species of worms have retained remarkably similar patterns in the way they switch their genes on and off despite having split from a common ancestor 20 million years ago, a new study finds.

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 the ...

(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 ...

(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 ...