The worms all look different: You may have gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms that change the look of your stool, making it more watery, full of mucus, or even bloody. For example, chronic ...

The gut, however, isn't the only location the bloodsucking worms migrate, with the parasite often lurking in the respiratory tract too causing coughing and wheezing, Dr Baumgardt told The ...

Doctors in China inadvertently took time-series images of parasitic worms actively invading a woman's brain and causing rare and rapidly progressing lesions. The previously healthy 60-year-old ...

When a person has black or dark-colored mucus, they may have inhaled potentially harmful pollutants. Coughing up black mucus may also be due to an underlying infection or condition. Mucus serves ...

The burrowing action of the worms moves soil particles closer together near burrow walls, and the mucus secreted by the worms as they burrow can also help bind the soil particles together. Increased ...

Dan Baumgardt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Real worms have now replaced fictitious worms as a point of discussion in many other households with young children. Every few weeks, nurseries and schools inform parents of yet another occurrence ...

Worms are hermaphrodite, which means they have both male and female reproductive cells. They do need another worm to reproduce with though. They lay their eggs, which hatch as little worms.

If your dog has worms, you may find small grain-like worms in their poop. Tiny worm eggs may also be present in your dog's poop, but these are usually harder to spot. You may also notice ...

The research was published in Physical Review Letters this week, and was selected by the editors of that journal as an Editors' Suggestion. One way in which worms differ from humans is, of course ...