Biologically speaking, “worms” are a very broad group of distantly related animals. They usually don’t have legs (except for when they do). Despite the similarities, slugs are not worms ...

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (WBKO) - Invasive, predatory hammerhead worms have been located in Allen County for the first time, ...

The disease spread to Hawaii and elsewhere in infected rats or with invasive slugs. “So it’s a worm infection introduced into North America through globalization,” Peter Hotez, the dean of the ...

Photos from Cobo, Farris, Olson, McLaughlin and Kocot (2024) Solenogasters are an “unique” group of mollusks that look like a cross between a worm and a sea slug. Unlike most mollusks ...

KEVIN BROCK photo Rats host the worm and pass the larvae through their feces, which slugs feed on. Humans can get infected by consuming raw produce or water contaminated by the slug, or by eating ...

Read full article: Invasive worm spotted in San Antonio area could ... that can carry rat lungworm -- the Black Velvet Leatherleaf slug. (Texas Invasive Species Institute)The hammerhead flatworm ...

Bobby Clark and the Cooperative Extension are leading a multi-state research effort that could innovate farming practices across the region.