The new worm—named Amaga pseudobama—is a type of terrestrial, or land, flatworm. These worms tend to natively live in tropical environments closer to the equator, making the discovery of this ...

The specimen was then identified as a brand new species of flatworm, Amaga pseudobama. Also known as land planaria, terrestrial flatworms are flat, ribbon-like creatures that live in moist soils.

A new species of flatworm, Amaga pseudobama, has been discovered in the southern United States. A newly discovered species of ...

“Most of the flatworms that you do find on land exist in tropical ecosystems, so it was somewhat surprising to find a terrestrial flatworm species in North Carolina that was unknown to science.

Hammerhead worms are an invasive species of terrestrial flatworm from the genus Bipalium. They can grow up to 18 inches (46 ...

That sharp-eyed discovery led to a years-long international effort, including researchers from N.C. State University, to determine just what type of predatory flatworm had been spotted in the Tar ...

A new species of flatworm has been discovered and has already invaded several states in the southern United States. The particularity of the new species is that it looks a lot like Obama nungara ...

My students and I are also studying the evolutionary ecology and conservation biology of invading terrestrial flatworms of the genus Bipalium. These fascinating broadhead planarians were transported ...

Tiny marine flatworms called acoels hunt for prey in coral reefs. They’re referred to as “plant-animals” because they’ve got a partnership with photosynthetic algae that live inside of them. But this ...