Parasites
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See How Brain Worms Turn Ants into the Walking DeadCan you wrap your mind around the idea of an ant brain with a worm in it?
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Baby-Eating Ants Use Espionage, Chemical Warfare To Score Free RentWorst. Roommates. Ever.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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These Gut Bugs Need Their Own Gut BugsIt'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.
By Rachael Rettner Published
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How Swallowing a Slug Left a Teen ParalyzedAn 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.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Why 17 People Volunteered to Be Infected with Parasitic WormsAt a university hospital in the Netherlands, 17 students have a tropical parasitic disease.
By Sara G. Miller Published
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Bizarre, Parasitic 'Fairy Lantern' Reappears in the Rainforest After 151 YearsA strange plant that needs no sunlight and sucks on underground fungi for nutrients has turned up in Borneo, Malaysia, 151 years after the last time a scientist found it.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Tick Bites Tick! Tiny Male Puts the Bite on an Engorged FemaleA tiny tick had an even tinier bloodsucking hitchhiker.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Weird Worm Crawling in Oregon Woman's Eye Has Only Been Seen in CowsA 26-year-old woman in Oregon made a horrifying discovery: Her eyes were infected with small, translucent eye worms.
By Rachael Rettner Published
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Gross Souvenir: Caribbean Trip Lands Couple with Hookworm FeetA Canadian couple is warning travelers about the risks of going shoeless on the beach after the pair returned from a Caribbean trip with hookworms in their feet.
By Rachael Rettner Published
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