There are lots of uses for a microscope, but using them to get a closer look at small creatures such as insects can be truly startling especially for those that don't seem all that strange in day ...

No matter how bad things might seem, at least you haven't accidentally eaten fox poop and developed an insidious tapeworm ...

Humans are the main host of mature tapeworms ... that are a few millimeters long. A tapeworm can grow to four meters in length. A couple of months after infection, these proglottids become ...

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...

A 35-year-old Indian man who couldn't urinate learned his problem was being caused by a horrifying worm that can grow up to a metre in length inside the human body ... 11.8in (30cm) long with ...

“Humans are not infected by the adult tapeworms within the dog, but instead ingest Echinococcus eggs passed in dog feces by accident,” she continued. “If a dog has fecal soiling on its ...

In humans, the fox tapeworm can cause an extremely rare liver ... 90 percent of patients died within 10 years of disease onset but with long-term therapy, they were able to prevent a disease ...

NHL prospect Carson Meyer was "absolutely freaking out" after a 25-inch tapeworm came out of his body ... training for marathons, long bike trips and hikes. Carson Meyer should have been on ...