The parasite was found during brain surgery in Australia and is said to a be a world first Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The experiment was a striking attempt to investigate weight control. For six weeks, a group of mice gorged on lard-enriched mouse chow, then scientists infected the mice with worms. The worms wriggled ...

Sushi, poke and other similar dishes have gained a reputation as a risky food group, where even the most prized cuts can come with an unwelcome garnish: parasites. By nature of their uncooked ...

In what scientists are calling a world first, a 3-inch worm was found alive after doctors performed surgery on the brain of an Australian woman. The worm was pulled from a 64-year-old woman last year, ...

Doctors suspect the patient accidentally ingested the roundworm's eggs while foraging for edible greens near her home. Hossain et al. / Emerging Infectious Diseases Doctors pulled a live, three-inch ...

What value does a fence lizard add to the life of a kid under twelve, or an inch worm to the life of a three-year-old? I don't know, but there is some, I think. Value, I mean. We have four grandkids, ...

Robot locomotion is a broad topic, and there are a multitude of choices for the budding designer. Often, nature is an inspiration, and many ‘bots have been built to explore the motion regimes of ...