Long egg sacs attached at the back of the parasites make it look like the fish is sporting a pair of pig tails. "They feed on ...

The eggs were apparently laid by a parasite known as a pork tapeworm, which infects humans when they eat pork. Although bones of boars or pigs possibly raised by humans had been found when the ...

Wild boars have become more common in urban areas in Spain, with a recent study warning over a dangerous parasite that the animals can carry.