While unpleasant to think about, the reality is that worms are quite common in dogs. In a recent study, researchers found intestinal parasites in more than 20 percent of dogs and 85 percent of dog ...

When you hear the term "ringworm," do you imagine tiny worms crawling on your skin? Then you may have fallen prey to one of the many misconceptions about this common skin condition. In reality ...

Once in the blood vessels, they can travel through the body. The worms use suckers to adhere to the wall of the blood vessel, where they can live for up to 30 years. Roughly 240 million people are ...

The influence of different types of earthworms on soil properties should also be considered. Most experiments to date have used E. fetida, an epigeic earthworm feeds on residues at the soil surface ...