Symptoms: The exact symptoms of tularemia in humans depend on where the bacteria enter the body, but infected individuals usually experience a fever up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).

Brown recluse spiders can only bite humans with counterpressure, such as if trapped against the skin. Black widow spider bites usually involve two puncture wounds and may cause a blister.

Giant otter standing on a rock with prey in the teeth. Image by zakharovaleksey via Depositphotos. When we think of dangerous predators, iconic species like lions, sharks, and crocodiles often come to ...

The spider is so large, its fangs could pierce and deliver their lethal venom through a human fingernail ... funnel-web spider and other spider bites. Emma Teni, the spider keeper at the ...

elegans worms. The size of the spheres allowed them to pass through the worm's digestive system until they met a structure known as the grinder, that, like its name suggests, grinds up the food ...

It was expanded with programs that plant the seeds of democracy and fight for human rights ... with efforts to end river blindness and Guinea worm in the Americas and Africa.

Thanks to the Carters’ efforts, the worms that afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people in 20 African and Asian countries when the center launched its campaign in 1986 are on the brink of extinction.

Health service figures reveal the most sought-after information during the festive period last year Alcohol poisoning, rabies and human bites were the problems for which NHS advice was most sought ...

It is only the second time that the Angiostronggylus cantonensis has been detected in the whole of Europe. The parasite can cause neurological conditions in animals and humans, including ...

Another parasitic worm, Clavinema mariae, which doesn't cause illness in humans, increased its numbers eight times in local English sole since the 1930s. Wood says that normal public-health ...