New research suggests that an “often-overlooked” parasitic infection, already linked to bladder cancer, may also raise the risk of cervical cancer.

One particularly nasty strain, S. haematobium, infects over 110 million people around the world. One inside the body, the ...

It is transmitted mainly by snails, slugs, earthworms ... Once settled in the airways, the worms feed on mucous and blood and lay eggs that are coughed up and swallowed by the bird.

Partula tohiveana, or the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was native to French Polynesia before its wild population was decimated by the rosy wolf snail, a carnivorous and invasive species.

They usually make landfall on quiet beaches at night to lay eggs which hatch around April. In 2024, a few turtles laid eggs near the Shanghumughom beach, but untimely rains prevented their hatching.

According to the Aviary, Carla is now expected to lay one egg every 48 hours until her clutch ... Ecco is unbanded, leaving his origin more of a mystery. But he first arrived at the Cathedral ...

The Indiana Board of Animal Health has quarantined another 1.3 million chickens at a commercial egg-laying operation in northeast Indiana's Jay County. The action taken Sunday follows the ...

The National Aviary says Carla laid an egg around 1:17 p.m. on Sunday. It's the first of up to four that Carla and Ecco could lay this year, though sometimes there can be as many as six eggs in a ...

AKOUDA, Tunisia (AP) — In fields outside their hometown in central Tunisia, an increasing number of unemployed young men are seeking a new way to make a living, picking snails off of rocks and ...

Replacing culled hens and allowing them to reach egg-laying maturity is a time-consuming process, taking 4-5 months. Even after they start laying, egg production is low at first and gradually ...

They are fragile, have a short shelf life and difficult to import. It takes up to five months to raise egg-laying chickens. Paul Harrison, an Australian economist, has likened egg shortages to the ...