From mosquitoes to bed bugs, parasites have always stuck close to humanity, and they continue to shape our lives to this day, ...

A project studying the impacts of biting insects in the Kitikmeot region is entering its third year. So far, a researcher ...

A British woman believes a 2007 trip to India left her with 38 parasites in her brain after she contracted neurocysticercosis, a rare disease caused by the pork tapeworm. Here are three key facts ...

The woman from the UK said that she developed paranoia and psychosis. Then her doctor discovered 38 parasites in her brain.

A new evolutionary theory suggests that some asexual parasites may temporarily be able to infect a wider range of hosts as harmful genetic mutations build up. In a paper published in Trends in ...

A complete Cretaceous shellfish fossil. (University of Portsmouth) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly ...

Others simply skip directly from rats to humans when we come into contact with their feces, urine, and saliva, including hantavirus, leptospirosis, rat bite fever, and salmonellosis. Now we’re ...

Sequestration of P. falciparum parasites is mediated by the major virulence factor PfEMP1, a protein transported to the iRBC surface that enables binding to endothelial host cell receptors such as ...

Imagine waking up as a completely different sex because your group needed you to. It sounds impossible, yet hundreds of fish ...

Scientists have discovered a newly identified marine fungus that can infect and kill toxic algae responsible for harmful blooms. The microscopic parasite, named Algophthora mediterranea, attacks algae ...

Pollinators provide pollination to over 180,000 different plant species and more than 1,200 crops vital to humans. Fisher ...

Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as ...