Parasites
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Salmon with a Side of Squirm: Woman Finds Wriggling Worm in Fillet
By Sara G. Miller published
It's not the type of garnish you want on your salmon: a translucent, wriggling worm.
![A newly discovered wasp from the Amazon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bSvayrPnpapYLgyxYT9jUe-320-80.jpg)
Amazon Wasp with Enormous Stinger May Just Haunt Your Nightmares
By Kimberly Hickok published
She may be small, but check out that stinger!
![The parasite <em>Cyclospora</em> can cause intestinal illness. Above, an image taken with a microscope showing <em>Cyclospora</em> eggs (red) in a stool sample.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KeXECiSZZFhvruwU2pR6ah-320-80.jpg)
Dozens Fall Ill in Texas Outbreak: What Is Cyclospora?
By Rachael Rettner published
So far, Texas health officials have identified 56 illnesses due to Cyclospora since May.
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Beachgoers Beware? 5 Pathogens That Lurk In Sand
By Rachael Rettner published
Beach sand can harbor a number of bacteria, parasites and fungi that are linked with diseases.
![A woman in Russia found a lump on her face that turned out to be a parasitic worm crawling under her skin. The lump first appeared under the woman's eye (Panel A), and then moved above her eye (Panel B), before migrating to her upper lip (Panel C). Doctor](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dJejgUZBNQ35hXCvDUesWf-320-80.jpg)
A Weird Lump on a Woman's Face Turned Out to Be a Worm Crawling Under Her Skin
By Rachael Rettner published
When a woman in Russia noticed a small lump under her left eye, she snapped a selfie. Then, the lump moved.
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See How Brain Worms Turn Ants into the Walking Dead
By Mindy Weisberger published
Can you wrap your mind around the idea of an ant brain with a worm in it?
![This parasitic ant, called <i>Megalomyrmex symmetochus</i>, crashes colonies of fungus-farming ants (<i>Sericomyrmex amabilis</i>), eating their crops and killing their babies.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nsRj9GEwdhZW9AGu4zqXz-320-80.jpg)
Baby-Eating Ants Use Espionage, Chemical Warfare To Score Free Rent
By Brandon Specktor published
Worst. Roommates. Ever.
![An image of an adult whipworm, taken with a scanning electron microscope. New research finds that these parasites have their own gut bacteria.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K8iPZVV2wxcshSDN8hT3oD-320-80.jpg)
These Gut Bugs Need Their Own Gut Bugs
By Rachael Rettner published
It's a Russian nesting doll of sorts: Parasitic bugs that live in the human gut have their own set of gut bugs inside their intestines.
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