Maine State Horticulturist Gary Fish says the worms likely arrived hidden in soil, possibly through imported plants. They ...

Experts believe the invasive worms somehow got here from Southeast Asia. Killing the worm could actually make it multiply.

A creepy-crawly invasive species known as the hammerhead worm is reappearing in Texas, following several weeks of excessive rainfall. The hammerhead worm, a ground-dwelling flatworm, is lethal to ...

Hammerhead worms are hermaphroditic, so they reproduce without a mate. But that’s not the only way they multiply: Their favorite party trick is detaching a portion of their rear ends and leaving ...

As carnivorous cannibals, the worms eat snails, slugs and each other, as well as earthworms, the loss of which would pose a catastrophic threat to farms and gardens.

Hammerhead worms are hermaphroditic, so they reproduce without a mate. But that’s not the only way they multiply: Their favorite party trick is detaching a portion of their rear ends and leaving ...

If you were to chop a hammerhead worm to bits, each would grow into a new hammerhead worm. Don’t do it.

Nation World Hammerhead worms pose growing threat to gardens These tiny, predatory cannibals go after the common creatures that help plant life flourish.