The Natural History Museum houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of parasitic worms in the world. The parasitic worms section includes terrestrial and marine Platyhelminthes ...

IT is somewhat surprising that a book on a subject of such importance alike to the entomologist and fungologist has not been forthcoming long ago. It is true that a Memoir on the subject was ...

The parasites migrate to a cat’s digestive system, setting up shop in the small intestine. Here are the common types of ...

OSAKA -- Every autumn, dead mantises can be seen lying on the asphalt of roads. A type of parasitic worm may be leading the creatures to their deaths there, researchers at Kyoto University and ...

Terry Liu via Unsplash Thelazia are a group of nematodes and veterinary parasites that can occasionally infect humans, called a zoonotic infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The World Health Organization estimates over a billion people are infected with parasitic worms. The implications are often serious and lifelong. NPR spoke with Francisca Mutapi, a professor of ...