"Once one snail is infected, they infect a whole population ... Urogenital affects the bladder and reproductive organs, while the intestinal form targets the gut, causing pain, diarrhoea and ...

Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good ...

Africa is a stunning continent and has a lot of places that are worth visiting. One of them happens to be the largest ...

In 2013, nearly one million school-aged children in these endemic areas were treated for schistosomiasis in Kenya.

You might expect danger to come with claws or size, but the real threat often comes in small, quiet forms. These animals kill using venom, parasites, or pure stealth. And in some cases, just being in ...

Also called snail fever or bilharzia schistosomiasis, the infection can cause infertility, blindness, severe organ damage, and even bladder cancer if left untreated. Scientists speaking at ...

Female genital schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, devastates women amid poor sanitation and medical misdiagnoses.

The Powelliphanta augusta snail was undergoing a routine weight check when an egg appeared from its neck Lisa Flanagan/New Zealand Department of Conservation via AP A rare New Zealand snail had ...

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, ...

The miracle of life can be majestic at times. Other times, it’s an incredibly rare snail in New Zealand having kids out of its neck hole. In a first, officials at New Zealand’s Department of ...

Wellington, New Zealand — The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now, footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been ...