Tufts University scientists demonstrated that they can permanently alter the resulting body shape of a regenerating flatworm by manipulating its synapses, according to a study published today (May 24) ...

The oval-shaped body belongs to a marine flatworm, a group of invertebrates that can range in color from see-through to neon and seemingly glide along the bottom with hairlike protrusions all over ...

Although marine flatworms generally stay on the seabed, they can swim through open water by undulating their thin, flat bodies. A series of traveling waves start at the front of the worm's body ...

Known for undulating their bodies to move through water, ocean-dwelling flatworms locomote without ... objects that weigh up to 16 times its own body weight, or 3.4 ounces. In the above video ...

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 of biologists for more than ...