A woman from China began to feel severe itching in her eyes. As she scratched, a live worm fell out. It was a horrifying ...

Mindy Weisberger’s book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs, explores the sophisticated—and macabre—relationships between zombifying ...

S ammy Ramsey was having a hard time getting information. It was 2019, and he was in Thailand, researching parasites that kill bees. But Ramsey was struggling to get one particular Thai beekeeper to ...

Zombies are real – not in the walking dead sense, but there are parasites that can hack the brains of living creatures and ...

Ian Oliphant, a Vancouver Island University biology student, conducted the first survey in B.C. on the population of helminth ...

This has likely been true for some time, but it made me notice that 'slop' had evolved from a common adjective into the realm ...

In the shadowy realms of nature, there exists a creature so cunning and insidious that it can manipulate its host into ...

In a groundbreaking study conducted by researchers at Auburn University in collaboration with Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), new mechanisms by which the Chagas disease parasite, ...

"As a bonus, the eggshells will break down and improve the soil." Slugs and snails hate the smell and texture of coffee grounds, so sprinkling them on your soil will ensure slugs and snails are ...

In an era where screens dominate our daily lives, a silent epidemic is sweeping the globe. Digital eye strain, a condition once relegated to the fringes of occupational health concerns ...

Instead of feeding on blood, it hunts down and devours worms, particularly the Kinabalu Giant Earthworm ... So, if you're ever trekking up Mount Kinabalu on a rainy day, keep an eye on the ground — ...

Snails and slugs can destroy a garden in spring by eating newly established flowers or spreading fungal infections by leaving a slimy mucus trail on plants. However, you do not have to spend time ...