Dog owners are often advised to prevent heartworm infections with drugs called parasiticides, but their widespread use has ...

Heartworm disease is caused by the parasite Dirofilaria immitis. It is spread to dogs by mosquitoes and can be fatal. Adult ...

Research led by the University of Sydney is reshaping scientific understanding of one of the world's most widespread canine ...

Research led by the University of Sydney is reshaping scientific understanding of one of the world's most widespread canine ...

Heartworm disease is a common and life-threatening cardiovascular disease caused by a worm parasite — Dirofilaria immitis, which is spread by more than two dozen mosquito species. Vets in the ...

A dog in the San Fernando Valley was found to have Baylisascaris, or raccoon roundworm, eggs in its system during a routine ...

The first time most people hear about mango worms, the reaction is disbelief. It sounds fake, exaggerated, or like something meant to scare people online. Unfortunately, mango worms are very real.

My 14-year-old son recently sent me a photo of our dog, Sugaree, taken last December as she was squired about town. It had to have been her 1,000th car trip, but looking at her, you’d think it was her ...

The dog used to be dependent on us for everything. But since graduating from dog school the tables have started to turn It’s a cold winter night, and my wife and I are alone in the house, ...

Doctors removed a four-inch parasitic worm from a woman’s eyelid after it burrowed into her forehead and grew there for a month. The woman, 26, went to hospital after a wriggling lesion migrated over ...

In a viral video with more than 888,000 views, a dog owner who posts about her dogs under the moniker @2beefyboys shared a disturbing discovery she made while opening a brand-new bag of Purina dog ...

A dog owner’s baffling discovery of one canine sleeping atop another has sparked laughter among viewers on TikTok, with a video capturing the moment racking up hundreds of thousands of views in just ...