Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The difficult-to-detect meningeal worm is spread by white-tailed deer and is a notorious killer of moose. AP Photo/Jim Cole, File ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three new sightings of the invasive black velvet leatherleaf slug have been reported on the Coast in April and May, bringing the ...

Scientists are warning that a parasitic brain worm that can be ingested through contaminated produce has been found in states around the Southeast. Rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is ...

In 2017, rat lungworm disease was making big headlines with an unprecedented 21 cases on Hawaii island and Maui. Those afflicted told stories of blinding headaches and feeling like their skin was on ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Parwinder Grewal is working on research he hopes will wipe out slugs before they do the same to farmers' fields. The Ohio State University researcher and entomologist is trying to ...

A deadly parasite that causes rat lungworm disease has been discovered in invasive Cuban treefrogs in Florida. Researchers at the University of Florida said they had found examples of the parasitic ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers here are working on a natural way to kill slugs that is just as effective as poison, but safer to use around plants and animals. This work may give Americans a new way to ...

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