Once again, hammerhead flatworms are wriggling into the spotlight — this time in Canada. The toxic and invasive pests, which originate from Southeast Asia, have the ability to regenerate even if ...

Common land planarians are easily identified by their triangular, spade-shaped head. Some can stretch out a foot in length.

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.

Giant predatory worms are invading France. The worms are part of a group of species called hammerhead flatworms, which originate in tropical Asia. The worms have gone largely unnoticed for close ...