What do you get when you take an alien parasite and smush it together with a human being? Would you get to become a ...

You might think a creature with no arms, legs, or hard edges wouldn't cause too much trouble, but slugs are one of the worst garden pests and should be banished from your yard immediately. There are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tree tunnel in the Puna district of the island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island. (Peter Unger/Getty Images) The parasite ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ever since H.G. Wells released "War of the Worlds" in 1898, popular culture has been fascinated by alien invasion stories. For over a century, ...

When Professor H.T. Chen returned home to China from the United States in the late 1920s, he was well-prepared to study a subject that repulses most of us: animal parasites. Having received an M.Sc.

The parasite that causes rat lungworm disease, long associated with Hawaii, was detected in California at the San Diego Zoo, raising concerns that the debilitating illness could become more widespread ...