In 2012, a Japanese man with a fondness for chilled salmon came down with what physicians described as a 'watery” bout of gastrointestinal distress. This was uncomfortable enough, but his illness took ...

Brown bears can be infected with multiple tapeworms at once. Brown bears get infected with tapeworms thanks to eating salmon. Tapeworms can grow up to 30 feet long in the brown bear’s intestines. Wild ...

Scientists in the Czech Republic have described the first domestic case of infection with a parasite. Diphyllobothriasis (dibothriocephalosis) is caused by the human broad tapeworm Dibothriocephalus ...

Parasitic tapeworms have a complex life cycle moving from plankton to fish and then fish-eating birds. New research on how parasite resistance in threespine stickleback fish may lead to a better ...

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An egg-bearing tapeworm can move metal pollutants in its body, into the egg shells it is about to release. As an alternative, the researchers then considered external fish parasites. If these work, no ...

They thrive everywhere from bustling cities to remote rainforests—even in our own backyards. Pervasive and unapologetic mooches, parasites rely on other organisms for their survival. How parasites ...