Different types of intestinal worms may appear in human poop. These include pinworms, Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworms, tapeworms, and flukes. Sometimes you can see the worms moving in your stool. You ...

A rare amoeba caused Brooklyn McCasland to go blind in one eye — and she’s still struggling with the parasitic infection.

Seven inches long, first cousin to the earthworm but with livelier ambitions, Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the commonest parasites found in the intestines of man. The worms, which usually plague ...

The southeastern region is the portion of United States most affected. Adult Ascaris worms may grow to a few inches in length, and tend to live within the jejunum. Following infection, the worms ...

If we became crab-like it would be a slightly horrifying experience, an expert tells us. Crabs molt their entire outer exoskeleton, from their eyes to their gut.

Transposons, specifically LINE-1 elements, previously regarded as genomic parasites, play a pivotal role in early human ...

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that triggers specific immune responses in the body. Identifying those hidden ...

This lithograph illustrates the high quality of the visualization techniques used in 1901 for documenting the cellular structures involved in cell division. The figure shows chromosomes in the ...

A Louisiana couple gets an uninvited house guest in the middle of the night. Don and Jan Schultz were sound asleep when the ...

A terrifying incident with a coyote chasing a young girl was caught on home video in Portland, Oregon over the weekend. The ...

Como Zoo's newest residents finally have their names. The two critically endangered baby Amur Tiger cubs born on August 29th ...

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