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Amazon Wasp with Enormous Stinger May Just Haunt Your Nightmares
By Kimberly Hickok published
She may be small, but check out that stinger!

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.

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 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.

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?

Baby-Eating Ants Use Espionage, Chemical Warfare To Score Free Rent
By Brandon Specktor published
Worst. Roommates. Ever.

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.

How Swallowing a Slug Left a Teen Paralyzed
By Mindy Weisberger published
An Australian teenager who ate a garden slug on a dare was infected by a parasite that caused a debilitating brain disease, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down.
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