Parasites can cause digestive issues, fatigue, skin problems, anemia, and more. Symptoms vary, often mistaken for other ...

If you ever travel back in time to the reign of dinosaurs, don’t touch any flowers – it might just be a parasitic wasp in ...

Football-shaped whipworm eggs pictured in the top row, circular tapeworm eggs with a dark outer shell pictured in the bottom row. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

The four most concerning female parasites lay eggs at different rates. For instance, a female brown stomach worm will lay about 200 eggs per day, while a female barber pole worm can lay 10,000 eggs a ...

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New research by zoologists at Trinity College has identified the entrances to public parks and children's playgrounds in ...

New research from zoologists at Trinity College Dublin has pinpointed park entrances and playgrounds in Dublin as hotspots for roundworm eggs, with subsequent analysis strongly implying they have come ...

Its eggs are then shed in bird feces, with further stages cycling through snails and back to fish. This helps transfer nutrients through the ecosystem. Parasites can even make a whole ecosystem ...

Dog and cat roundworms have been linked to loss of vision, difficulty breathing, asthma, epilepsy and cognitive decline in ...

Once ingested, the parasite migrates to the rodent’s lungs and lays eggs. After becoming first-stage larvae, A. cantonensis is excreted in the rat’s feces that snails and slugs subsequently eat.