More information: A new species of alien land flatworm in the Southern United States, PeerJ (2024). DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17904. Provided by PeerJ. This story was originally published on Phys.org.

For now, the flatworm-inspired bot's eyes consist solely of light sensors, which allow it to follow a moving light source. Future iterations of the bot, though, could feature tiny cameras ...

This common nonnative flatworm was introduced from Asia more than a century ago, with U.S. greenhouse records reporting them as early as 1901. They now occur countrywide, ...

LAGO VISTA, Texas — Heavy rainfall has brought the return of an invasive species to Central Texas: the hammerhead flatworm. The creature is back again, this time in Lago Vista, according to ...

The narrow, snakelike flatworm has a head built like that of a hammerhead shark. (Arun T.P. / AP) After heavy rainfall, sightings of an invasive species have been on the rise in North Texas.