A type of infectious parasite has been spotted inside invasive snail species brought to Georgia, according to the Department ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division are encouraging anglers, boaters, and visitors to ...

Like worms, these freshwater snail species are known as "dentritivores." Others are filter feeders, like krill and some ...

Schistosomiasis is a chronic and debilitating tropical parasitic disease caused by schistosomes (Schistosoma spp.), transmitted by freshwater snails. It is a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) of both ...

Hawaiʻi is considered the epicenter of rat lungworm disease, which is spread when people accidentally consume snails and ...

Registration is open for the 16th annual trail race at Southern Adventist University, a collaboration between the ...

The state agency warns that the snails were found to have a "low-level presence" of rat lungworm. They note that likelihood ...

The Georgia department of natural resources discovered several invasive nonnative snail species in Georgia carrying a ...

This occurs when snails ingest the Luco chloridium parasite, which makes their antennae swell and strobe, and also causes the snails to stay in full view of their predators during the day instead ...

The squishy little parasites are less than an inch long, but they cause a globe-girdling disease variously known as schistosomiasis, bilharziasis, or simply snail fever. The more man does to ...

In a quiet corner of the Museum’s basement, a genetic archive of parasite and snail samples is supporting ground-breaking research into schistosomiasis, a disease that affects over 250 million people ...