Most people don’t get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't ...

New World screwworm was largely eradicated from the U.S. and Central America in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. But the ...

There are parasites all over the world that can infect humans. Some of them are easy to avoid, but others are more common ...

The findings open the door for new diagnostic, surgical tools. Ingestible devices are commonly used to study and treat ...

More than two billion people around the world are infected with a brain parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite is ...

Parasitic diseases present a significant health challenge in Nigeria, where over 200 million people are at risk of ...

Screwworm flies prefer to nest on the periphery of fresh wounds in warm-blooded animals — as well as humans — depositing ...

A study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers sheds new light on how Toxoplasma gondii parasites make the ...

River otters are a top predator in the area, so their poop is full of DNA from worms, fish, and other organisms, including ...

T he only fish species on the Great Barrier Reef to care for their offspring as juveniles has found a win-win approach to ...