Q. You often write about bizarre plants and animals. A few years ago, you wrote about some kind of odd invasive flatworm that eats earthworms. What was it, and is it dangerous to humans? If we find ...

Officials are asking residents to report them. Officials issue warning as harmful creatures spread into new territory — here's what's happening first appeared on The Cool Down.

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 ...

It’s the time of the year when hammerhead flatworms start making their way into the news cycle again, so here’s another story to add to the pile. Flatworms are predators that prey on soft-bodied ...

GEORGIA, USA — A well-known "toxic" worm is making its rounds in Georgia and now experts want residents to know a few details this summer to keep themselves, the friendly earthworm and their plants ...

Scientists hiking a forest trail in Chile found a “giant” flatworm eating an invasive species in a first-of-its-kind sighting, a study said. Screengrab from Walk the South’s YouTube video While ...

You probably already know that North Carolina has lots of snakes. So you might not give a long, skinny thing slithering along the ground a second thought. “Yep,” you’d say to yourself, “just another ...