A dangerous tapeworm, not found in Pacific Northwest wildlife until this year, is more widespread than researchers expected.

New evidence suggests that a disease-causing tapeworm that has been spreading across the United States and Canada has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The tapeworm, called Echinococcus multilocularis ...

Parasites are organisms that survive by feeding on humans and other hosts, often causing mild to severe health problems. They can enter the body in multiple ways, including consuming contaminated food ...

A tiny tapeworm never previously detected in the Pacific Northwest has been discovered in more than a third of urban coyotes ...

There are more parasites than any other organism on Earth—which is one of the reasons Emmitt Jolly finds the common but misunderstood creatures so fascinating. “That is the most successful form of ...

A UW-led study has identified the parasitic tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis in coyotes across the Puget Sound region, ...