The marine flatworm is one of the ocean's most bizarre creatures. Its movements and physiology are unlike any other marine ...

The new species belongs to a group of flatworms known as planarians, which are typically non-parasitic. The new species was found on the Leizhou Peninsula, on the southern coast of China. The research ...

If the genes of a tiny, bumless invertebrate are anything to go by, our anuses might be repurposed sperm chutes.

Scientists have discovered a new species of predatory flatworm in North Carolina. A commercial nursery in North Carolina found the unidentified flatworms in some flowerpots. They sent it to ...

Roboticists have a habit of looking to nature for inspiration, and this time, they've turned to the humble marine flatworm.

Then researchers learned the worms belonged to a species new to science. Dugesia aconcinna, or the asymmetrical flatworm, is a species of “rather small” animals, reaching only 0.3 inches in ...