Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

Some parasites can affect the eyes. Without treatment, this can lead to vision loss. Learn more about the types of eye parasites, their symptoms, and treatment options.

A worm-like parasite lived in a woman's eye for two years, and doctors believe it entered her body after she ate crocodile meat. The infected 28-year-old woman, from the town of Basankusu in the ...

African eye worms can grow up to 7 centimeters long, making them probably the biggest parasite to visit our eyes. But, while alarming, these worms typically cause very little damage to the eye.

A species of worm that can infect human eyes has done it again, and this time it chose a 68-year-old woman from Nebraska. The woman is thought to be only the second human victim of these worms ...

He went to the hospital, where an eye surgeon removed a worm 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) long from his eye. Taylor was diagnosed with loiasis, an infection caused by the Loa loa worm, also known ...

The take-home message for you and me is fairly simple: seek medical attention if your eyes are irritated and you don’t know why, or if you find, you know, worms in your eye.

Eye worms infect a variety of animals, but human infections are rare. The worms are transmitted to eyes by flies. The flies ingest the worm larvae, then land on an animal's eyes, where the flies ...

A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to ...

NEW YORK -- An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny worms were removed from the left ...

He went to the hospital, where an eye surgeon removed a worm 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) long from his eye. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now Get the world’s most fascinating ...