A dying worm experiences rigor mortis early in the death process, rather than after the main event as it is for humans, according to a new study by an international team of scientists at UCL and ...

A dying worm experiences rigor mortis early in the death process, rather than after the main event as it is for humans, according to a new study by an international team of scientists at UCL and ...

Humans usually experience rigor mortis – the stiffening of the body – hours after they have died. But that doesn’t seem to be the case with all organisms. "Cell death has been widely studied but much ...

Researchers have found that worms experience rigor mortis before, rather than after death as humans do. The study is the first to observe rigor mortis in worms and provides a little insight into the ...

Living creatures do amazing things. They grow toward the sun, build cities, lay eggs, and some even bone. But living things must die, and when they do, they tend to get smelly and mushy pretty quickly ...

A dying worm experiences rigor mortis early in the death process, rather than after the main event as it is for humans, according to a new study. A dying worm experiences rigor mortis early in the ...