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Scientists uncovered a rare toxic algae, Karenia mikimotoi, behind mass marine deaths in South Australia and elsewhere.

After 30 years without a sighting, the critically endangered flat-headed cat has been rediscovered in Thailand.

The Obama flatworm has been spotted for the first time on the British Channel island of Alderney, and it could soon cause a ...

“Many people equate plants with photosynthesis, yet Balanophora illustrates that being a plant does not require being green,” ...

A light micrograph of the larva of the parasitic flatworm that causes the disease schistosomiasis in people. A RIKEN researcher has ...

Discover how axolotls and flatworms coordinate regeneration through body-wide signals, revealing a complex healing process.

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The humble planarian flatworm can regrow its brain. Here’s how this tiny animal will have you rethinking everything you ...

Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.

Over the last 12 months, scientists from London’s Natural History Museum have been busy collecting, studying and cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth. Museum scientists have given ...