Tapeworms don't evoke warm thoughts in most people, but if you happen to take a close look at them, you'll realize they're ...

Researchers from the Physics and Biology Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have discovered two ...

Echinococcosis, a disease caused by tapeworms that can be transmitted from animals to humans, is also on the rise in Hungary.

“Flea bites often result in small, red bumps, with a ‘halo’ around the bite center,” says Jim Fredericks, Ph.D., a ...

They crawl, they control, and they kill—without a sound. These real-life parasites turn their hosts into pawns in a ...

Looking at Kyla Fuller today it is almost impossible to imagine that she spent more than a decade desperately ill.

The most common types include roundworms, tapeworms, and hookworms. Some worms, like roundworms and hookworms, can even be passed to humans. If your dog has worms, it's important to treat the ...

Eggs are swept into the air and breathed into the mouth. Eggs drop onto food and are eaten. Parasitic intestinal worms include roundworms, pinworms, hookworms, and tapeworms. These worms infect humans ...

But in the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, there’s a raptor that is so powerful and quick that it has even preyed on humans and so far remains the only bird to have been documented as one of this kind.