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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, a ...

A study published in the journal PeerJ, conducted by a researcher from the Institute of Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity (ISYEB) at the French National Museum of Natural History, in ...

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HOUSTON — With all the rain we’ve had and are expecting across the Houston area, there’s a poison in the ground you should know about -- the invasive hammerhead flatworm. These slugs can grow up to a ...

Hammerhead flatworms have been popping up in the yards of Houstonians recently. Known for their curved heads that resemble those of hammerhead sharks, hammerhead flatworms enjoy warm, humid climates, ...

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Worms are commonly dismissed as beneath us — literally. But Elizabeth DuBois, a junior biology major at SUNY Cortland, knows these oft-ignored creatures have potential to be underground sensations of ...

Invasive species are a threat to biodiversity, causing damage to local ecosystems and, potentially, economic loss. Once a non-native species has arrived in a new habitat, the conditions have to be ...