Flatworms are infamous in biology labs for their surreal ability to regenerate heads when you decapitate them. Now, researchers have discovered that an odd developmental defect can cause them to grow ...

All living organisms are equipped with sensory organs to detect changes in their surrounding environment. It may not immediately strike us as obvious but, similar to how we can sense heat, cold, light ...

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early ...