Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

The experiment was a striking attempt to investigate weight control. For six weeks, a group of mice gorged on lard-enriched mouse chow, then scientists infected the mice with worms. The worms wriggled ...

In this video, I show what happens when you add or bury worm eggs in a pile of cow dung or manure. Also, I explain why you might want to innoculate a pile of manure with worms to use in the garden ...

Recently, however, the severe human consequences of the screw worm have been apparent at the central Dr Mario Catarino Rivas ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...

Having a worm control plan is often overlooked, but with anthelmintics resistance on the rise and becoming a real threat to lamb production, it is a fundamental tool for achieving good rates of ...

The eggs provide nutrients and shelter for the worms, and in turn, the worms facilitate an increased hatch rate for the squid embryos, suggesting a symbiotic relationship between the organisms ...

Science | June 12, 2025 8:00 a.m.. How Worm-Inspired Treatments Are Inching Their Way Toward the Clinic. Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes.