For many producers, deworming has become a routine part of herd management. Cattle are processed, products are administered ...

Some birds and other animals are 'brood parasites' whose mothers leave their offspring with other species. A common reed ...

A study of canned salmon finds rising parasite counts over decades, suggesting ocean food webs may be recovering rather than ...

Cases span more than a dozen states, with people getting sick from a strain of the bacterium that is showing resistance to a ...

Brown, the Donald L. Hall Professor of Biology in MSU’s Department of Biological Sciences, contributed to the study’s genetic analyses and interpretation of evolutionary patterns.

An invasive earthworm that can rapidly destroy soil and plant life has now been detected in Colorado, state officials confirmed. Known as the Asian jumping worm — or “crazy worm” — the species spreads ...

Jumping worms, also known as "snake worms" or "crazy worms," are rapidly spreading across the country, and recently made it to the West. Reading time 3 minutes Agriculture officials are sounding the ...

A destructive, fast-moving invader is wriggling its way into yards across the US, and officials say Californians should be on the alert. Agriculture authorities are sounding the alarm over the Asian ...

New evidence suggests that a disease-causing tapeworm that has been spreading across the United States and Canada has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The tapeworm, called Echinococcus multilocularis ...

Share on Pinterest Social media influencers are touting so-called “parasite cleanses,” claiming they rid the body of toxins. Maria Korneeva/Getty Images Social media users claim that “parasite ...

Parasites in dogs are common and may be found both internally and externally. They can irritate dogs greatly and lead to serious health problems affecting other pets or even humans. Fortunately, ...

"For the vast majority of us, we can eat live worms with no ill effects – as gross as that sounds, it happens every day," the study’s author tells PEOPLE. Chiara Kim is an Editorial Assistant, Food at ...