A new study into fossilized feces found near Stonehenge reveals that the workers who built the ancient structure ate undercooked parasite-infested meat.

Archaeologists found a variety of worm eggs in a cesspit under an Iron Age estate, showing that even elites suffered from poor sanitation.

Parasites can cause a wide range of diseases in humans, ranging from short-term to lifelong.

History remembers warriors for their conquests and kings for their reigns. But this one Viking left behind something more tangible and far more unique—his poop. We’re not just talking about any ...

For instance, evidence of tapeworm eggs in a 270 million-year-old shark coprolite. The new research, as Lab Manager magazine reports, from Thailand looks at parasites from a Late Triassic ...

Using stool samples from Viking latrines, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have genetically mapped one of the oldest human parasites – the whipworm.

Doctors discovered tapeworm eggs in the brain of a Florida man who liked to eat “undercooked pork” after he sought treatment for worsening migraines.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a court in 2012 that doctors found a parasite in his brain. There's a one-in-eight chance you might have something similar. I've had one, too.

Using stool samples from Viking latrines, researchers have genetically mapped one of the oldest human parasites -- the whipworm. The mapping reflects the parasite's global spread and its ...

The pythons shed the worm’s eggs in their feces. The eggs are then ingested by small mammals, and the worms can grow inside them.

Freshwater worm eggs enter human hosts through the skin and circulate throughout the body, damaging multiple organs, including the liver, intestine, bladder and urethra.