Anybody who says mama nature doesn’t have a seriously dark side needs to check out this video of a harmless land snail’s eyes pulsating with an assortment of bright colors like a pair of psychedelic ...

Introduced European land snails are so common in southern Australia, their parasites are infecting people who accidentally eat them. Medical scientist Andrew Butcher told this month's annual meeting ...

The world of worms harbors terrifying creatures, from the Bobbit worm ambushing prey with lightning speed to mind-controlling Zombie Snail Parasites. Guinea worms painfully emerge from the skin, while ...

Sam Ballard was 19 years old when friends at a party dared him to swallow a slug. Within days, the Australian teen developed a rare form of meningitis and fell into a coma that lasted more than a year ...