"The thing people need to know is don't kill it, don't squish it, don't cut it up." Officials issue warning over terrifying toxic worms emerging from ground after rainfall: 'The worms are demonic' ...

A second man from Albany, N.Y., aged 66, who received the donor’s other kidney also developed a parasitic infection, the ...

The 61-year-old man received a new kidney from a deceased donor after being diagnosed with “nephrosclerosis-related end-stage ...

A shocking new study shows that 90% of freshwater fish in Southern California may be carrying parasites that can infect ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

An international team led by EPFL has discovered a powerful anti-aging pathway in roundworms, revealing how boosting the cell ...

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely ...

For me, the most fascinating part is the fact that such a group of animals managed to adapt to different habitats, which ...

Previous studies have linked the parasite to mind-altering behavior, such as risk-taking, depression and even schizophrenia.