Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication. The Carter Center announced the ...

The soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has just 959 cells and a body that is mostly gut and reproductive organs. Yet its reproduction is similar enough to ours that scientists like Francis McNally ...

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Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. There are more parasites than any other organism on Earth—which is one of the reasons Emmitt Jolly finds ...

A creepy-crawly invasive species known as the hammerhead worm is reappearing in Texas, following several weeks of excessive rainfall. The hammerhead worm, a ground-dwelling flatworm, is lethal to ...

Usually what Beth Mole writes is very clear. But this time I could not tell whether the whole human-eye part of the worm life cycle occurs between the lid and the eyeball, or whether the parasite ...

The 'rat lungworm' typically takes root in humans from undercooked vessels like crayfish JAMA Neurology;Getty A woman ate crayfish (also known as crawfish) with worms burrowed into it and subsequently ...

Following weeks of heavy rainfall, hammerhead worms have been reported more frequently throughout Texas. The invasive species is not a direct threat to humans or pets. The worms don't bite but do ...