Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item and admired it. He thought about taking it ...

But every so often, it’s an indicator of a much more nightmarish scenario: parasites setting up shop in your brain after previously incubating in rodents, slugs, and snails. This was ...

The parasite gets its name from its complicated life cycle, which relies on slugs and snails as well as rats. In rats, the worms reproduce, and first-stage larvae are released in the rodent's feces.

Although rodents alone host the adult form of the parasite, their feces pass its larvae to snails and slugs, which can transmit the worm to humans. The larvae that infect people never mature ...

Both snails were likely to have been accidentally introduced via horticultural shipments. Read more at straitstimes.com.