Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium ...

A comparative study shows that marine worms shattered their genome and rebuilt it in a radically different form when they first emerged from the sea 200 million years ago ...

“It may be doubted,” Darwin wrote, “if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of ...

New research is shaking up our understanding of evolution by revealing that some species may not evolve gradually at all. Instead, scientists discovered that certain marine worms experienced an ...

A research team led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a mixed research centre belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), points for the ...

A comparative genome study of earthworms and their marine relatives led by the IBE with participation of the UAB shows that marine worms shattered ...

Earthworms, the unsung heroes of our gardens, often get a bad rap. Perhaps it is because they are a little slimy and dirty. Maybe it is because Aristotle called them “intestines of the ...