California's diverse landscapes host a rich variety of snakes, most of which are nonvenomous and crucial for ecosystem ...

The newly discovered species, named Viscidocauda repens, belongs to the protist group Endomyxa and is notable for possessing a persistent flagellum -- marking the first recorded instance of such a ...

Because that’s paradoxical, it would be interesting. We ended up finding these beautiful photosynthetic cells, but they have no flagellum. They have no cilia. No organelle to move. So how do they get ...

This study investigates conserved proximal-distal asymmetries in the axoneme of trypanosomatid parasite flagella, identifying 15 proteins predominantly in the outer dynein arms. This reveals ...

From a fluid dynamical point of view, the leaky-collar model corresponds to a fluid acted on by a distributed set of Stokeslets along the length of each flagellum. This is a variant of the problem ...

William Paley was an 18th-century English clergyman, Christian apologist, and philosopher. He is best known for his design argument for the existence of God. Paley suggested that if a person were ...

Until now, no member of this group was known to exhibit a continuously present flagellum. In this study, scientists successfully established a culture of the flagellated protist from seawater samples.

The Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi), known for its lustrous, blue-black scales, is one of North America’s most fascinating and important snake species. As the longest native snake in the ...