A fly capable of laying hundreds of eggs inside living flesh is heading our way. Known as the New World screwworm, reports ...

You might expect danger to come with claws or size, but the real threat often comes in small, quiet forms. These animals kill ...

Federal health officials reported on Monday that cases of a flesh-eating parasitic infection continue to be detected near the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The difficult-to-detect meningeal worm is spread by white-tailed deer and is a notorious killer of moose. AP Photo/Jim Cole, File ...

The flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm, was detected this month in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, just 90 miles ...

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have discovered animal populations may often be under a much larger threat from parasites than previously recognised. It is widely believed that the absence ...

Scientists found a parasitic animal in the forests of China, Indonesia and Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from zhang kaiyv via Unsplash In a forest in southern China, a ...

Animal species all follow the same rule for how common they are in an ecosystem, scientists have discovered. And the rule is simple. Everything from birds to fishes, crabs to snails to worms, and the ...

When a parasite infects a host, it can manipulate host behavior, which may help spread the parasite to new hosts, or enable the parasite to complete its life cycle. Parasitic worms known as hairworms ...

Rat lungworm has been detected in San Diego animals, but local officials say the risk of its spread to Santa Barbara is low.