Preying mantises are vulnerable to horsehair worm parasites, which depend on other animals for their lifecycle needs.

A presidential candidate said doctors found a worm in his brain. That worm, he said, also consumed some of his brain tissue while it was in there. The New York Times reported May 8 that in a 2012 ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sold himself as the younger, healthier alternative to Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, but he once suffered a medical ailment so bizarre it has ...

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A photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. The image was digitally edited to highlight ...