Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...

They're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out.

Slugs may be small, but they can do a lot of damage in a very short amount of time. Avoid growing these plants to keep their ...

The parasite gets its name from its complicated life cycle, which relies on slugs and snails as well as rats. In rats, the worms reproduce, and first-stage larvae are released in the rodent's feces.

Although rodents alone host the adult form of the parasite, their feces pass its larvae to snails and slugs, which can transmit the worm to humans. The larvae that infect people never mature ...

The invasive semi-slug is a notorious carrier of the parasite. It feeds on the feces of rats that host the worm. Humans can get infected by consuming raw produce or water contaminated by the slug.

The disease spread to Hawaii and elsewhere in infected rats or with invasive slugs. “So it’s a worm infection introduced into North America through globalization,” Peter Hotez, the dean of the ...

Rats host the worm and pass larvae through their feces, which are eaten by the slugs. Rats then eat the slugs and repeat the cycle. Yeung said the worms develop in different life stages in rats ...

Read full article: Invasive worm spotted in San Antonio area could ... that can carry rat lungworm -- the Black Velvet Leatherleaf slug. (Texas Invasive Species Institute)The hammerhead flatworm ...