Live imaging of a planarian flatworm adult pluripotent stem cell shows membrane localization of the TSPAN-1 protein (green). DNA is stained blue. Scale bar is 10 micrometers. Disclaimer ...

Hammerhead flatworms are, you guessed it, flat in appearance. The group of worms is usually referred to as the broadhead planarians and contains more than 200 different species, experts said.

You are probably referring to the land planarian, a.k.a. hammerhead worm, a soft, slimy, yellowish worm with black stripes down its body and an arrow-shaped head. This common nonnative flatworm ...

Planarians are a kind of flatworm capable of regenerating almost any part of their body—from head to tail—and doing it quickly. A planarian that loses its head can regrow a new one in a week, and an ...

Some species of hammerhead flatworm have a very pronounced hammer-shaped head, but the species we are finding here in Ohio, the Wandering Broadhead Planarian (Bipalium adventitium) and Three-Lined ...

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.

Whitehead Member Peter W. Reddien works to shed light on that mystery through research on the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, a flatworm with regenerative powers that have captured the imagination ...

STEM instructor Bob Lisowski wanted someone to speak to his classes; Beane was willing to talk, but thought the students might rather work with animals like she does (since she studies regenerative ...