A tropical parasite might be making its way into more temperate climates: Rats and snails in five Florida counties have tested positive for rat lungworm, a parasitic worm that can cause a rare type of ...
Snakes are threatened with extinction in many places around the globe. Disease, often caused by parasites or fungi, is ...
A sweeping new study of wild snakes in the southeastern US has revealed a hidden health crisis slithering beneath the surface ...
A moose in Minnesota stumbles onto the road. She circles, confused and dazed, unable to orient herself or recognize the danger of an oncoming semitruck. What kills her is the impact of 13 tons of ...
Individuals diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder and heightened aggression are more than twice as likely to have been exposed to the relatively common parasite Toxoplasma gondii than ...
A person in Maryland has been confirmed to have an infection with the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite — the first human case of the infection in the United States since the parasite was ...