The humble planarian flatworm can regrow its brain. Here’s how this tiny animal will have you rethinking everything you ...

Through the humble Planaria worm, Temple University researchers hope to discover what happens when drug abusers who take more than one drug-a common practice-go into withdrawal. Their work, which is ...

Apparently losing your head doesn't have to mean losing your mind. At least, not if you're a worm. In the July issue of The Journal of Experimental Biology, researchers from Tufts University studied ...

Many planaria species regenerate in wondrous ways -- namely, when quartered they reconstruct themselves from the pieces. Sliced through the "waist," they regenerate the missing tail or head; bisected ...

Tiny flatworms that normally wriggle unnoticed in ponds and rivers may hold the potential to help scientists develop new treatments for schizophrenia and addiction – while dramatically reducing the ...

It sounds like something from science fiction, but if you cut a planaria flatworm into lots of little pieces, each piece will start to grow into an entirely new worm. This extraordinary power of ...

In new research, scientists explore the intricate processes at work when stem cells differentiate into planarian skin cells. With its abundance of stem cells known as neoblasts, and remarkable ...

As you age you naturally lose neurons and muscle mass and experience a decline in fertility and wound healing ability. Previous research in animals has offered several potential techniques for turning ...

In what sounds like a plot line from a BioShock game, a team of biologists has coaxed an animal into growing a new head and brain resembling those of a different species. The bizarre accomplishment ...

KANSAS CITY, MO - As multicellular creatures go, planaria worms are hardly glamorous. To say they appear rudimentary is more like it. These tiny aquatic flatworms that troll ponds and standing water ...