Worms and snails handle the pressure 2,500m below the Pacific surface Giant worms found wriggling under the Pacific seabed have unveiled a thriving ecosystem in a fiercely hostile environment ...

These parasitic worms invade snails and take over their bodies, turning them into zombie-like creatures with flashing, ...

Once the bird eats the infected snail, the worm transfers to the bird, and proceeds to live in its cloaca and lay its eggs there for distribution through fecal matter. This is called “aggressive ...

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. They can also get it from eating raw or undercooked snails ...

Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item and admired it. He thought about taking it home as a souvenir for his first trip to a coral reef, but decided against ...

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 ...