A shocking new study shows that 90% of freshwater fish in Southern California may be carrying parasites that can infect ...

Two men in Massachusetts and New York, who are 61 and 66 years old, have been left riddled with parasitic worms after ...

A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to ...

Ticks are parasites that bite and feed on humans and pets. They can spread Lyme disease and other infections. Here's what to ...

Researchers want the parasite to be added to the diseases that public health officials are required to report. Researchers ...

Much later, in the 19th Century, swimming pools emerged in Britain and the US. But along with them came the challenge of ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

Some of the most intriguing science fiction springs from eerie, real-life phenomena. Case in point, the mutant parasite in the video game series “The Last of Us.” ...