This is the spectacular yet mysterious regenerative ability of freshwater flatworms known as planarians. The lab of Whitehead Institute Member Peter Reddien investigates the principles underlying ...

Researchers at the University of Utah have figured out a way to inhibit the function of the planarian genome to create a wide range of phenotypes. Their study, appearing in the May issue of ...

Here are three of these amazing creatures. The ability of planarian worms to regenerate themselves if split in two has been known since the late 19th Century, but these animals went viral in 2012 ...