A stomach-turning image of a parasite infection embedded in the muscle of a human body shows the dangers a person can face if ...

From chimps tending wounds with bug juice to birds using cigarettes to ward of ticks and lice, animals have adapted creative ...

A tapeworm infection caused by a tapeworm of the Taenia species—like beef and pork tapeworms—may be referred to as taeniasis.

A perfect storm of conditions is making mosquitoes, and the diseases they carry, a big threat to human health.

A fish tapeworm infection can occur when a person eats raw or undercooked fish that’s contaminated with the parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. The parasite is more commonly known as the fish tapeworm.

But several parasites can and do infect the central nervous system. The most common of these is Taenia solium, aka the pork tapeworm. Gross as it sounds, infection with a pork tapeworm usually doesn’t ...

New research reveals that parasitic nematodes infect over a billion people worldwide and carry viruses explain why it cause ...

Cutting-edge research has revealed that nematodes, parasites affecting millions globally, carry numerous unknown viruses, ...

It is no wonder – mistletoes are unlike any other plant. All species in the mistletoe family, Loranthaceae, are parasites.

In fact, the fish we commonly find in our lakes, such as bass or trout, harbor several species of parasites. Although parasites are a natural part of ecosystems, their presence can potentially ...

Among the studied urban vertebrate species, bats were identified as the most frequent hosts of potentially zoonotic pathogens ...

Classic examples of parasitism include interactions between vertebrate hosts and diverse animals such as tapeworms, flukes, the Plasmodium species, and scabs. Parasitism is differentiated from ...