We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

A shocking new study shows that 90% of freshwater fish in Southern California may be carrying parasites that can infect ...

Researchers want the parasite to be added to the diseases that public health officials are required to report. Researchers ...

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They may look slow and harmless, but Giant African Snails are linked to the spread of a serious parasitic disease. Find out how these invasive creatures are affecting ecosystems and human health ...

We can see snails leading similar lives, slimy but not bothering anyone. Yet some species of tiny sea snails are a bother: they are common parasites of sea cucumbers.

The parasite was probably carried to the U.S. by the red-rimmed melania, or Malaysian trumpet snail, which is host to a number of parasitic species and was introduced to the United States ...

A POTENTIALLY deadly parasite carried by snails is creeping into popular European holiday spots, experts have warned. The bug behind the tropical disease schistosomiasis – also known as snail… ...

Fewer parasites mean the snails will do more grazing, exacerbating vegetation loss during droughts and potentially making their ecosystem less stable. A treefrog infected by parasitic worms.

The parasite then reproduces inside the bird, spreading its eggs through bird droppings, which infect new snails. This cycle also impacts bird populations, causing stress and behavioral changes.

SAN DIEGO — A parasite commonly called "the zombie snail" has been found at Lake Murray. In 2019, a student of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor Ryan Hechinger found a snail that ...