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Sabrina Imbler

This photomicrograph of a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared using a 10% formalin solution, and stained with modified acid-fast stain, revealed the presence of four Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts in the field of view.

Science

Why The Explosive Diarrhea Parasite Is Way Worse Than Regular Diarrhea Parasites

A view inside the Texas Division of Emergency Management State Operations Center as they respond to the New World Screwworm threat on June 5, 2026 in Austin, Texas.

Creaturefector

Welcome, Screwworms! Make Yourself At Home

Screwworm larva. Tusklike mandibles protruding from the screwworm larva's mouth rasp the flesh of living warm-blooded animals.

Make America Wormy Again

a brown pacific field cricket with a whitish parasitoid fly sitting on top of it

In Hawaii, Crickets Are Learning New Songs Of Sex And Death

A saltwater fish called a cero looking concerned

This Parasite Has Become A Full-Time Booger

Albert Burneko

G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller speaking at a conference with one of those microphones you wear on your ear.

Capital

Jim Spanfeller Is A Third-Rate Parasite

A still of a swimming colony of worms that resembles a jellyfish moving around a glass beaker

Mysterious Jellyfish Actually 1,020 Worms Who Want To Be Poop

a Greenland shark swims away from the camera