A video of a marine flatworm engulfing a crab at low tide has become viral on the internet. The video shows the former blanketing the crab while the latter tries to escape but fails. Watch the video ...

Marine flatworms are tiny (ranging in length from 1 cm to 4 cm) soft-bodied predators that hunt and feed on a variety of invertebrates such as molluscs and sponges. -- Marine flatworms are tiny ...

A newly discovered saltwater flatworm, pale yellow and about the size of a silver dollar, can take down mollusks in their shells, thanks to a powerful neurotoxin also found in puffer fish. Yet this ...

Tiny marine flatworms called acoels hunt for prey in coral reefs. They’re referred to as “plant-animals” because they’ve got a partnership with photosynthetic algae that live inside of them. But this ...

Marine flatworms are among the ocean’s most unique, albeit strange, organisms. Their undulating movements make them look like silk sheets underwater. Marine flatworms are skittish but are not uncommon ...

A pair of marine scientists at Hokkaido University, in Japan, has found evidence of the deepest free-living flatworms ever observed. In their study, published in the journal Biology Letters, Keiichi ...

Some may shun wriggly worms, but these creatures play a critical role both on land and in the ocean. Marine flatworms, with their swirling 'gowns', are also the flamboyant flamenco dancers of the sea.

All living organisms are equipped with sensory organs to detect changes in their surrounding environment. It may not immediately strike us as obvious but, similar to how we can sense heat, cold, light ...

On rocky reefs in the southern Gulf of Mexico, a diver or snorkeler overhead might think a small piece of the reef is moving. It could easily be mistaken for a reflection from the ocean’s surface or a ...