Brown bears can be infected with multiple tapeworms at once. Brown bears get infected with tapeworms thanks to eating salmon. Tapeworms can grow up to 30 feet long in the brown bear’s intestines. Wild ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. There are more parasites than any other organism on Earth—which is one of the reasons Emmitt Jolly finds ...

Wild bears are prone to contracting parasitic infections. Some of the most common are intestinal parasites. In most cases, healthy bears tolerate parasites well and rid themselves of them before any ...

Brown bear, Coastal bear or known as Grizzly bear in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska© Fotopro_929/Shutterstock.com Wild bears are prone to contracting ...