Although it's transferred mostly through foxes, people with pets and vets are risk of catching the potentially deadly ...

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Ivermectin can now be purchased in Idaho just like Tylenol or ibuprofen, without the need for a prescription, after Gov. Brad ...

Cats are naturally curious creatures. Perhaps a little too curious. While these little furballs are often associated with sleeping throughout the day, they’re also natural explorers. They find great ...

The Jurassic fossil Juracanthocephalus reveals a key evolutionary link between rotifers and parasitic acanthocephalans, resolving debates about their origins and anatomy. A research team from the Nanj ...

Right from the off, although being primarily developed for the NES, Chew Chew Mimic was touted for a Dreamcast release.

Keeping a cat indoors is not inherently cruel, but it can become problematic if their basic needs aren’t met. Whether or not ...

Flea tapeworms are found in canine intestines and transmitted to dogs when fleas carrying tapeworm eggs are accidentally ...

Echinococcosis, a disease caused by tapeworms that can be transmitted from animals to humans, is also on the rise in Hungary.

A woman from China began to feel severe itching in her eyes. As she scratched, a live worm fell out. It was a horrifying ...

An insecticide regularly used on domestic pets in flea and tick medication, Imidaclopid, was the highest risk pollutant according to the researchers, who are asking us all to reassess the practice of ...

‘I don’t have any pain, nausea, urgency or blood in my stool. The worms used in helminth therapy are parasites – microscopic organisms which have evolved to survive inside either humans or ...