At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...

Pricey deworming remedies are being touted as cure-alls. Supermodel Heidi Klum gave it a go – experts roll their eyes ...

My vet said that it looked like roundworms but that using the heartworm preventative that I have should have prevented that.

A dog in the San Fernando Valley was found to have Baylisascaris, or raccoon roundworm, eggs in its system during a routine ...

Biologists and ecologists have long wished to gather high-quality data on exactly what the animals they study are eating, but how can such observations be made without disturbing the natural patterns ...

New research finds that a popular class of antiparasitics can linger in pet feces for quite some time, potentially posing a ...

At least 28 people from a northern Ontario First Nation that was largely evacuated after the failure of its water system have ...

Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, ...

Worm prices have nearly quadrupled in the last 7 years as climate change and surging demand create supply crisis ...

Claire knew her son had a parasite in his stomach. Her doctors, however, thought otherwise. Yes, the little boy would get stomach pains after eating, but without diarrhoea, there probably wasn’t much ...

The Dayton, Ohio, humane society has rescued more than 30 cats and a dog living in cramped cages on top of piles of feces ...