The researchers used their mathematical model to create a series of worm body shapes over time. They then applied principles of how objects move in fluids to calculate how these changing shapes would ...

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 ...

They chomp and chew the soil like underground earthworms, and ‘tunnel down’ in snaky worm-patterns, with the class forming four ‘worm-lines’ across the room. Eventually they snooze as a ...

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 ...

Though specific features will vary by species, many earthworms are excellent burrowers, and can bend with ease. "They are very flexible and move through spaces that might be difficult to access ...