A new species of mite attached itself to spiders' necks, draining them of lymph fluid as they grow from larvae to adults.

The rarest cancer on record did not begin in a human organ at all. It started inside a parasite, then crossed a biological ...

A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...

Humans commonly contract toxoplasmosis by eating undercooked meat or through exposure to contaminated soil or cat feces. The parasite is best known for its ability to hide in the body by forming tiny ...

Incidents that make us consider the relationship between humans and wild animals are happening all over Japan, from bear attacks to crop damage by wild animals. How should we interpret the current ...

Ivermectin is used in both animals and humans for parasitic infections. Although fenbendazole is not approved for humans, similar medicines like albendazole can be used in humans in cases where a ...

After decades of stalled progress, new vaccines, treatments and genetic tools are helping scientists protect children and save lives worldwide.

What looked like a pearl necklace on a tiny spider turned out to be parasitic mite larvae. Scientists identified the mites as a new species, marking the first record of its family in Brazil. The ...

A 21-year-old woman has lost vision in her right eye after bacteria in her contacts caused her to contract a parasite that is "eating" away at her eye. For the past four years, Vivian Nosovitsky has ...

In a leap for medical diagnostics, ARUP Laboratories, in collaboration with Utah tech company Techcyte, has developed an AI tool that raises the bar in detecting intestinal parasites in stool samples, ...

Scientists at ARUP Laboratories have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that detects intestinal parasites in stool samples more quickly and accurately than traditional methods, potentially ...

A rare human case of a deadly parasite infestation has become the latest unsettling pathogen to make headlines in the United States. A New World Screwworm case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease ...