Red-fronted lemurs have found an interesting way to ward off parasites—they chew up toxic millipedes and rub the goo all over ...

The eggs, which serve as scientific evidence of pork consumption because humans are infected with parasites after eating undercooked pork, are one of the oldest findings in the country ...

The eggs are ingested they then travel to the small intestine where they hatch and grow. It takes about a month for the worms to fully mature. Chickens will begin to shed worm eggs into their ...

I just found two worms on the floor by Savoy’s food bowl,” the woman on the phone said, clearly upset. We’re used to that. I ...

Older cattle frequently have been exposed to the parasites and developed a degree of immunity. Adult worms in the gut of cattle produce eggs that are passed in the feces. The eggs hatch, producing ...

It affects all ages but especially children between five and 14 years. A child catches worms by swallowing minute eggs which are usually picked up on hands, particularly under the fingernails ...

The use of commercial livestock dewormers has paid off in terms of animal health and productivity, but it has also resulted ...

The animals are not aliens, but giant pile worms, large marine worms that are typically found on the seafloor, but will swarm at the water’s surface to mate, Benjamin Neal, biologist and assistant ...

By Dina Gavarieva Parasitic infections, long thought to be confined to developing countries, are a global issue that can impact anyone, regardless of geography or socioeconomic status including those ...