A Reddit user in Louisiana turned to the platform after spotting an extremely long, flat, striped worm near their patio — and ...

A gardener in the Northeast is urging people to stay alert for hammerhead worms after their first sighting of the season in a ...

One commenter described the scene as both "horrifying" and "interesting." ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in April 2022. A toxic, predatory invasive worm capable of unlimited self-cloning has arrived in Maine. The first sightings were reported in fall ...

If you see a hammerhead worm, don't touch it without gloves.

They rank pretty high on the ick factor with their skinny bodies and weird half-moon shaped heads, they're predatory and they are coated with a toxic slime. And they are in East Tennessee. Hammerhead ...

We’ve all lifted a rock or flowerpot and found a long, slimy worm underneath. But have you ever done so and found a long, slimy worm with a head shaped like a shovel or a hammer? If you have, you ...

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“They're being found more often, and it's probably related to the fact that people are more aware of them.” ...

Hammerhead flatworms — an invasive pest that looks like a cross between a hammerhead shark and a leech — have been spotted in the Washington, D.C., area and across the United States. Experts say the ...

Hammerhead worms reproduce both sexually and asexually, producing an egg capsule that hatches in about 23 days.