A type of parasitic worm may be leading the creatures to their deaths there, researchers at Kyoto University and others have determined. Horsehair worms are parasites that hatch in water and first ...

The discomfort dragged on for a week before Beckley noticed something very disturbing resting below her eyelid: a living parasite. After plucking the wriggling worm from her peeper, Beckley sought ...

The parasitic worms section includes terrestrial and marine Platyhelminthes (flatworms), parasitic Nematoda (roundworms), Nematophorpha (horsehair worms) and Acanthocephala. The collection has ...

The parasite, known as the barber’s pole worm, is the most economically significant parasitic nematode impacting livestock production globally. It thrives in tropical and sub-tropical climates, and ...