A series of compounds that deprive iron essential for a parasitic worm could provide effective new agents for blocking ...

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.

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

Planarians are flatworms most known for being able to grow a new head if it gets cut off, but perhaps even stranger is the fact that their new head retains some of the memories from the old one.

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has found that stem cells in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea ...

A new planarian worm species, Dugesia punensis, has been discovered in Pashan Lake, Pune. This marks the first new planarian species recorded in India since 1983. Dugesia punensis demonstrates notable ...

Pune: A PhD student and and her research guide from Modern College of Arts, Science, and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, discovered a new species of planarian worm in Pashan Lake. According to PhD student ...

Researchers from Pune have discovered a new species of flatworm in western side of Pashan Lake, marking the first discovery of a new Indian planarian species in over 40 years. The species is named ...

In waters from a volcanic spring in China, a tiny creature was discovered as a new species. Wang L, Chang Y-F, Sun X-X, Sluys R, Liu D-Z, Dong Z-M, Chen G-W (2025) ZooKeys Along a stream tucked under ...

Marine flatworms are among the ocean’s most unique, albeit strange, organisms. Their undulating movements make them look like silk sheets underwater. Marine flatworms are skittish but are not uncommon ...