PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University (WSU) announced on Tuesday that pathologists at the university’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory had detected a potentially dangerous parasite in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A parasite that’s commonly carried by foxes — and can be harmful to dogs and humans — has been found in the Pacific Northwest, according to researchers at Washington State ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — A parasite commonly carried by foxes that can be passed to domestic dogs and cause severe illness in humans on rare occasions appears to have established itself in the Pacific ...

Researchers believe the patient may have contracted the parasitic tapeworm by sharing a bathroom with someone who was infected Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...

A tiny tapeworm never previously detected in the Pacific Northwest has been discovered in more than a third of urban coyotes tested by researchers in the Seattle area, according to a new University of ...

A fox parasite that can spread to dogs and humans has made another appearance in the Pacific Northwest, researchers at Washington State University said Tuesday. Commonly known as the fox tapeworm, ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — A parasite commonly carried by foxes and coyotes appears to have established itself in the Pacific Northwest, according to Washington State University. The parasite, Echinococcus ...

A parasitic tapeworm known as Echinococcus multilocularis — often called the "fox tapeworm" — has been detected for the first time in West Coast wildlife. University of Washington researchers ...

UPDATE - Hartford police have confirmed the black bear spotted near the city on Thursday has been safely captured and relocated to the woods. In a Facebook post, the Hartford Police Department said ...

A potentially dangerous tapeworm linked to severe, cancer-like disease has now been found in the Pacific Northwest, marking its first detection in wild animals along the U.S. West Coast. Researchers ...

Police uncovered an illegal marijuana grow operation in Pacific after responding to a warehouse fire. Officers seized more than 1,000 marijuana plants and found bear traps placed outside entrances.

Firefighters who rushed into a burning warehouse in Pacific last weekend narrowly avoided stepping into a set of bear traps positioned near the doors of an illegal marijuana grow operation, according ...