JEFFERSON CITY The Missouri Department of Conservation warns residents to watch for an invasive worm.While the hammerhead ...

Hammerhead worms, an invasive species from Asia, are a toxic menace — but chopping them up can do more harm than good.

It’s an animal that could be the stuff of nightmares. A worm that slithers like a snake and has the head of a shark and the ...

Houston has experienced an influx of hammerhead flatworms during recent heavy rains. These toxic worms, harmful to humans and pets, reproduce rapidly and pose a danger to ecosystems by preying on ...

The worm, which is native to South America and invasive ... "Specimens of land planarians were found in a plant nursery in North Carolina, USA in July 2020," the researchers wrote in the paper.

Researchers have spotted the hammerhead worm hundreds of times in the area of Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia over the last 15 years, the Washington Post reported. While a human would have ...

A: It certainly sounds like raccoons are the culprits — they’re good at standing on their hind legs and tipping nectar ...

Caenorhabditis elegans, one millimeter long, has just 959 cells. The worm’s simplicity has made it a mainstay of scientific research.Credit... Supported by By Teddy Rosenbluth When scientists ...

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Dr. Peter Klimley is a man who has held his breath and dived down 100 feet to hand-tag hammerhead sharks with a dart gun. He has even dressed up as a killer whale, complete with towering black ...

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