The invasive Obama nungara, the leaf flatworm, was discovered in Skåne in 2024. It may also have been found at Nolia Trädgård ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Invasive hammerhead flatworms may soon start trying to reclaim Tennessee gardens as the temperatures rise. According to the Tennessee Valley Authority, hammerhead flatworms ...

Also known as spade-headed garden worms, the slippery specimens ... of the worm breaks off and grows a new head, producing a new flatworm genetically identical to its parent, a literal 'chip ...

As is the case for other land planarians including the New Guinea flatworm, Platydemus manokwari, and giant hammerhead flatworms from Asia, already reported in France, the origin of the invasion by O.

Eventually, 11 flatworms, less than an inch long, were collected and brought back to the laboratory environment to be studied. Then researchers learned the worms belonged to a species new to science.