The gastrointestinal parasitism in non-human primates represents a complex and dynamic facet of wildlife health with far‐reaching implications for conservation and public health. Researchers have ...

The life cycle of the parasitic rat lungworm involves rats spreading it to snails and slugs, which pass it back to rats. AFP via Getty Images Rats infected with a parasitic worm, which can also cause ...

A worm parasite that is typically found in rats and slugs, but can jump to mammals, has become more widespread across the southeastern region of the US, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control ...

Roundworms, also known as nematodes, are a leading cause of parasitic infection worldwide, causing painful swelling, severe abdominal pain and even blindness. Now, scientists say that viruses carried ...

Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good news for when it comes to controlling schistosomiasis, a disease caused by ...

Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an emerging danger from the tiny worms that can cause blindness. The black bear ...