Call them Franken flatworms. Scientists have created worms with the heads and brains of other species just by manipulating cell communication. The research is an example of how development is ...

Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Tourists spending a recuperative holiday on the Italian coast may be envious of the regenerative abilities of locally found flatworm Macrostomum lignano. Named for its ...

Once again, hammerhead flatworms are wriggling into the spotlight - this time in Canada. The toxic and invasive pests, which originate from Southeast Asia, have the ability to regenerate even if ...

There's plenty of creepy, crawly stuff in the soil, and organisms such as worms, snails and slugs are essential to the planet's health. But flatworms, a subset of creatures that feed on those soil ...

KANSAS CITY, MO—People who fish and regularly use earthworms as bait may be familiar with the animal’s ability to regenerate a head or tail when cut in two. Yet while impressive, an earthworm’s ...

Scientists have discovered an alien hammerhead flatworm species that looks a bit like a miniature king cobra, or perhaps an itty-bitty snake with a moustache. The researchers found the tiny creatures ...

Our bodies are perfectly capable of renewing billions of cells every day but fail miserably when it comes to replacing damaged organs such as kidneys. Using the flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea -- ...

Flatworms are headed to the International Space Station. Their sacrifice in the name of research gets a salute on the Kentucky Space mission patch. Photo: Kentucky Space Flatworms are the darlings of ...

Image caption: The parasitic flatworm Haplorchis pumilio produces non-reproductive soldiers (left) which have much larger mouths than their reproductively capable colony-mates (center). The soldiers ...

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 ...

Flatworms called G. dorotocephala regenerated heads and brains shaped like other flatworm species when their cell communication was disrupted. Call them Franken flatworms. Scientists have created ...