Olive Press5y
Warning as parasite worm which can give humans meningitis detected in Spain’s Mallorca for the first time
It is only the second time that the Angiostronggylus cantonensis has been detected in the whole of Europe. The parasite can cause neurological conditions in animals and humans, including ...
Business Insider India6y
A woman found 14 worms hiding in her eye after it got red and scratchy - showing that a new species is capable of infecting humans
At the CDC, ongoing detective work revealed something surprising. There have only been a handful of eye-worm infections in humans in the US, all by the species Thelazia californiens. But the worms ...
BBC9mon
Three rescued after being cut off by rising tide
Tide times are displayed at the causeway at Rhossili leading to Worms Head, according to the RNLI Three people had to be rescued after being cut off by the high tide. RNLI volunteers went to their ...
BBC6mon
Spectators head out for glow-worm breeding season
Some people pay to witness glow-worms' breeding season in June and July. It’s late at night on the South Downs as a group of ardent wildlife spotters gather round a pair of glow-worms appearing ...
Miami Herald1mon
Woman feels something lodged in her eye for a month — then doctors find parasitic worms
In the bustling city of Beijing, China, a 41-year-old woman would leave her home shared with her pet cat and head to work in an ... Then, four white worms were found on either side of the eye ...
ZME Science1mon
Worms and Dogs Thrive in Chernobyl’s Radioactive Zone — and Scientists are Intrigued
These levels far exceed the 1 millisievert level that humans could tolerate safely. “These worms live everywhere, and they live quickly, so they go through dozens of generations of evolution ...