A Florida man seeking treatment for his chronic, worsening migraines discovered that he had worm eggs in his brain, which was causing his pain. The unidentified man, 52, went to the hospital ...

*Doctors in Florida discovered tapeworm eggs within the brain of a man who had been eating undercooked pork. The 52-year-old man sought medical treatment due to severe headaches, PEOPLE reports. A CT ...

Confetti. It might look like brightly colored dross that you throw at a parade, but a new article by Cabinet editor D. Graham Burnett reveals the surprising 2,500-year-old history of confetti, from ...

Hint: It offered a slight chance of rebooting his damaged immune system. About ten years ago, Jim Turk was going to graduate school at the University of Wisconsin Madison, while working full-time, ...

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 ...

Preying mantises are vulnerable to horsehair worm parasites, which depend on other animals for their lifecycle needs.

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It's hard to get excited about intestinal worms, but University of Iowa researchers say the putrid parasites could help fight irritable bowel disorders. The scientists have been using pig whipworms to ...

For Nathalie Feiner, it was just another day in the lab. As part of her work on understanding how the common wall lizard is adapting to a changing climate, the evolutionary biologist was observing one ...

Remember that part in Casino Royale when Bond sips his martini, realizes he has been poisoned, then rushes out to his Aston Martin to inject himself with the antidote that Q thoughtfully stashed ...