Invasive species are a threat to biodiversity, causing damage to local ecosystems and, potentially, economic loss. Once a non ...

Kansas City, MO – November 18, 2021 — Among their many extraordinary feats, some planarian flatworms reproduce by tearing off pieces of themselves to regenerate new worms. Now, researchers at the ...

Planarians, flatworms known for their goofy cross-eyed gazes, may have to make an evolutionary trade-off between regeneration and sex – across different species of planarians, the same gene signalling ...

For years, land flatworms were thought to spread mostly through plant sales. Worms or their eggs would hitch a ride in potted ...