"Don't kill it, don't squish it, don't cut it up," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned residents via NBC as a ...

SAN ANTONIO – Be on the lookout for invasive hammerhead flatworms following the recent rainy weather. The invasive species have been well-established in Texas for many years and are easy to spot due ...

The ecological interactions that contribute to successful host-parasite relationships are complex and involve all levels of biotic organization between the participants. At the level of parasites ...

TEXAS (KXAN) — An invasive, snake-like worm species is making the rounds throughout Texas, with the possibility of causing physical reactions in humans or animals that come into contact with it. The ...

Off with their heads. Light-averse planarian flatworms, known for their incredible ability to regenerate lost body parts, shy away from light even after they have been decapitated. This suggests they ...

Among the hundreds of scientific tests happening on the International Space Station, only one has yielded a result worthy of a B-movie starring Ice Cube. It turns out that flatworms undergo an odd and ...

Their growing presence came amid a series of wet weather events, including historic river flooding in May and Hurricane Beryl in July Houston residents are bracing for invasive and toxic hammerhead ...

Tests for skin treatments could be screened using flatworms rather than other animals such as rabbits, according to new research. A team at the University of Reading and Newcastle University have ...

BRADENTON, Fla. --- We have gators and snakes. How about New Guinea flatworms? It’s a nonnative and invasive species that’s made its way to parts of Tampa Bay up from South Florida Two suspected New ...

Flatworms can rebuild themselves from just a small fragment, and now scientists know why. Their stem cells ignore nearby instructions and respond to long-distance signals from other tissues. This ...

When researchers end their careers, where do their biological collections go? By Sabrina Imbler Marian Litvaitis, a professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire, decided to retire in December ...