An invasive species of worm has continued to spread throughout the country, and eliminating it requires a particular process.

Weeks of heavy rain have prompted a plague of massive toxic hammerhead worms to erupt from the ground in North Texas, much to ...

After heavy rainfall, sightings of an invasive species have been on the rise in North Texas. Hammerhead worms, named for their distinct hammer-shaped head, are a species of worm endemic to Southeast ...

Worm your way to better skin? New research suggests parasites may hold a revolutionary key to healing wounds with scarring or fibrosis. Topical application of a special, worm-derived protein on ...

Ringworm is a contagious fungal skin infection causing a small, itchy, ring-shaped rash. It's not caused by a worm. We'll debunk other myths about this common, and highly contagious, condition.

Worryingly, your skin could house three types of parasites, according to a dermatologist. By Diana Buntajova , Health Reporter based in London, specialising in personal stories, breaking news, and ...

It’s made up of segments, like a worm would be, you think of like an earthworm. But these bristle worms, the bristles, if you touch it, they can come off on your skin.

Here’s where we get to the eyeball worms. Onchocerciasis is a condition caused by infection with a nematode worm, and the worm is transmitted through bites from blackflies. These flies and worms ...

Hammerhead worm slithering around Hamilton will make your skin crawl Hammerhead worms release a neurotoxin that isn’t fatal to humans, but can result in a skin rash. Updated Dec. 3, 2024 at 10: ...

In most cases, the rash from a wandering worm is in a foot, ankle, thigh, or rear—basically from a person walking or sitting in fecal-contaminated soil with exposed skin.

Hammerhead worms are hermaphroditic, so they reproduce without a mate. But that’s not the only way they multiply: Their favorite party trick is detaching a portion of their rear ends and leaving ...