Lucila Scimone, Reddien, and colleagues describe how planarians restore large portions of their nervous system—even regenerating a new head with a fully functional brain—by manipulating a ...

China's space station is set to introduce a novel participant in its space science experiments -- the planarian, a creature ...

Here are three of these amazing creatures. The ability of planarian worms to regenerate themselves if split in two has been known since the late 19th Century, but these animals went viral in 2012 ...

These organisms demonstrate an exceptional capacity for tissue repair: when bisected, planarians can regenerate lost muscles, skin, intestines, and even an entire brain from each segment -- a ...