Four years ago, an alert worker at a plant nursery in Kinston saw a strange looking worm in some ornamental plants they had recently received from Georgia while they were being repotted. That ...

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

A dog-killing parasite that was believed to only exist in Texas and other Gulf Coast states has been discovered as far west as California for the first time, scientists have warned. The worm can cause ...

A new species of flatworm has been found invading the U.S., having already spread across Florida, Georgia and North Carolina. The species, named Amaga pseudobama, was discovered in North Carolina in ...

The United States appears to be playing host to a novel wormy invader. In a new study this week, scientists report on the discovery of a never-before-seen species of flatworm living in North Carolina, ...

Flatworms, also known as planarians, prefer a quiet, dark spot. So you don’t expect to find them baking in the glare of the media spotlight aimed by news outlets like CNN and NBC. That recent focus is ...

During a robotic exploration of the the ocean’s abyssopelagic zone, scientists discovered never-before-seen, jet-black eggs attached to a rock. After further study and DNA examination, the team ...