A British man nearly died after a parasite crawled up his penis and started laying eggs after he went for a swim in Lake Malawi in southeast Africa during a "holiday of a lifetime" with pals. James ...

Adult worms lay eggs in rats' lungs. The eggs are hatched, coughed into the rat’s throat, and swallowed through the digestive tract, where they end up in poop. Reading time 3 minutes A parasitic brain ...

The interaction between parasites and their hosts can be gruesome: They manipulate, invade and terrorize their unsuspecting hosts, often killing them in the process. From mind-controlling organisms to ...

Aug. 26—Army worms are on the march, leaving damaged lawns and plants in their wake, but experts say there are ways to get rid of them. "It's almost the perfect environment, because we have all this ...

Specifically threadworms, which – I didn’t realise until I had kids – is quite a common problem for young ’uns. Threadwords – or pinworms, as they’re sometimes known – are small white worms that can ...

Q. When we studied high school biology, our teacher said more than 99 percent of animals lay eggs and only a few give live birth. That percentage seems too high. Humans, dogs, cats and cows are ...

Scientists find that the 'feel good' brain chemical dopamine regulates anxious worm behavior in the presence of nipping predators. The findings illuminate how this dopamine-regulated brain pathway may ...