Learning about the relationship between these two animals could help scientists understand parasites that affect human health. The rains in California bring out more than mushrooms and newts. If ...

A hairworm squirms in the hand of entomologist Bruno de Medeiros in the Muir Woods National Monument in California in 2013 (Bruno de Medeiros via Courthouse News). (CN) — Hairworms are the stuff of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horsehair worms can control a host's brain and steer it to water, where it drowns. Scientists have studied the worms' ...

The hairworm is a long, thread-like parasite that sits bundled up inside the body of its host. It grows so large that it takes up most of the room inside the host’s body, waiting for the right moment ...

In a world full of bizarre animals, hairworms are some of the strangest: parasitic worms that manipulate the behavior of their hosts in what’s sometimes called “mind control.” A new study in the ...

Our world is full of bizarre and intriguing creatures. One of the strangest, though, is the hairworm, a parasitic worm known as a "mind control worm" in some circles. These parasitic worms are found ...

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The rains in California bring out more than mushrooms and newts. If you’re looking down at the puddles this winter or spring, you might spot a long, brown spaghetti-shaped creature whipping around ...

Parasitic hairworms manipulate the behavior of their hosts in what's sometimes called 'mind control.' A new study reveals another strange trait shared by different hairworm species: they're missing ...

Horsehair worms look like simple creatures on the surface, but they're actually some of nature's most sophisticated bodysnatchers. These parasitic worms, which resemble dark and stringy horse hair, ...