The lancet liver fluke has a cunning — some might say horrifying — way of ensuring its survival. It turns ants into zombies.

In a recent study in the northern Adirondacks led by Cornell University doctoral candidate Jen Grauer, scientists found that parasites, particularly giant liver flukes, were common in moose that ...

According to a report by the New York Post, the virus in question is Heterobilharzia americana, colloquially known as a liver fluke ... as schistosomiasis. This parasite is typically contracted ...

It had long been known that the disease was due to the presence in large numbers of a parasite called the liver-fluke (Fasciola hepatica) in the liver of the affected animals, and that the ...