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

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

We are entering the "Dog Days of Summer." Heat, humidity, grassy weeds, broadleaf weeds, confused weeds, mosquitoes, mowing, ...

Today's Bug of the Week raises the “ick” factor to a higher level. Looking like something out of a sci-fi movie, Vivivanne ...

"The discovery was made in a West African parasite population during a study led by Dr. Abhinaya Venkatesan, a researcher at ...

And the worms needn’t be alive: Even molecules collected from crushed worm eggs improved metabolism. The going hypothesis is that metabolic problems kick off a vicious immunometabolic cycle.

A parasitic roundworm, usually found in brains of unlucky python snakes was recently surgically removed from a human. And ...

In July, “June gloom” gives way to summer heat. Days are long. Tomatoes finally ripen. Summer fruits are warm on the tree.

Pinworm infections are highly contagious. When the person with a pinworm infection scratches the affected area, the eggs transfer to the fingers and under the fingernails. The eggs can transfer to ...

Texas agencies are ganging up on a bad, bad worm. According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks ...