Archaeologists analyzing a Roman sewer at Vindolanda uncover evidence soldiers lived with chronic gut parasites despite ...

Scientists claim that mature roundworms which live in the small intestine of raccoons can produce upto 180,000 eggs every day, that can enter the environment through their stools.

A resilient raccoon-carried parasite is rapidly spreading across Europe, posing a significant neurological risk to humans, often going undetected.

A resilient parasite carried by raccoons is spreading across Europe, posing a severe neurological threat to humans. Experts warn that the infection often goes undiagnosed while raccoon populations ...

FRANKFURT. While the spread of raccoons in Europe is often discussed, their companion tends to remain unnoticed: The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis arrived in Europe at the beginning of the ...

The work is published in the journal Parasitology Research. Insidious life cycle The parasite's life cycle is complex: Adult roundworms live in the small intestine of raccoons. Females produce up to ...

FRANKFURT. While the spread of raccoons in Europe is often discussed, their companion tends to remain unnoticed: The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis arrived in Europe at the beginning of the ...

Nematodes discovered in the Great Salt Lake belong to at least one species that is new to science, and possibly two. A University of Utah research team has published a new paper characterizing the ...

Animals often meet the same threats across generations. A central question in biology is whether experience with a threat can be passed from parents to offspring in a way that changes the latter’s ...

Chengxuan Han is charged with smuggling goods into the country, making false statements in U.S. District Court in Detroit. Han is accused of shipping four packages of concealed or mis-manifested ...

DETROIT, MI – A second Chinese academic connected to the University of Michigan has been arrested and charged for allegedly smuggling goods into the U.S. and making false statements. And according to ...

‌Strongyloidiasis is an intestinal infection caused by a type of roundworm called Strongyloides stercoralis. It can live and reproduce in your intestines for decades without causing symptoms. However, ...