People have been asked to report invasive flatworm sightings after one was found for the first time on Alderney. Alderney Wildlife Trust and States of Alderney said there were reports of Obama ...

In Stenostomum brevipharyngium, a microscopic flatworm, reproduction doesn’t require a mate. The species multiplies through a process called paratomy, an asexual form of reproduction where a new ...

The freshwater flatworm Stenostomum brevipharyngium is, by all accounts, a simple fellow. The worm is small and entirely soft. It has no eyes, only sensory pits that control balance and orientation.

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has found that stem cells in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea ...

Four jet-black spheres clung to a rock on the Pacific seafloor at roughly 20,300 feet, stopping a research crew in its tracks. They looked like eggs, but their color, shape, and shine felt off-script ...

DALLAS — The invasive, hammer-headed, self-reproducing worm known for eating helpful backyard earthworms has reportedly emerged from its underground hiding space in North Texas, experts confirmed.

Source: Wikipedia/Jean-Lou Justine , Leigh Winsor, Delphine Gey, Pierre Gros, and Jessica Thévenot, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Residents in Texas are grappling with a resurgence of hammerhead ...

Hammerhead flatworms have been popping up in the yards of Houstonians recently. Known for their curved heads that resemble those of hammerhead sharks, hammerhead flatworms enjoy warm, humid climates, ...

In waters from a volcanic spring in China, a tiny creature was discovered as a new species. Wang L, Chang Y-F, Sun X-X, Sluys R, Liu D-Z, Dong Z-M, Chen G-W (2025) ZooKeys Along a stream tucked under ...