You can take certain steps to lower your chances of becoming an unwitting host to one of these nasties. Practicing basic ...

A parasite called Toxoplasma gondii infects an enormous number of people around the world. Scientists estimate that up to one‑third of the global population carries this parasite. Most people never ...

Malaria parasites contain tiny spinning crystals that have puzzled scientists for years. New research reveals they’re powered ...

These hybrids emerge when different parasite species, including those infecting humans and livestock, mix and reproduce in shared freshwater environments. Researchers found that some hybrid parasites ...

Parasites are organisms that feed off their hosts for survival. Such parasitic creatures can cause mild to serious symptoms and, in some cases, fatal infections in their hosts. “Overall, parasites ...

Image caption: The parasitic flatworm Haplorchis pumilio produces non-reproductive soldiers (left) which have much larger mouths than their reproductively capable colony-mates (center). The soldiers ...

The human gut hosts a wide variety of microbial species including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Intestinal parasites were ...

Click here to view Volume IClimate change, agricultural practices, and landscape changes have caused ecosystem fragmentation and increased the parasite ...

It infects nearly one-third of the global population, yet its microscopic size makes the Toxoplasma gondii parasite difficult ...

Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements.

More than 90% of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contained an introduced parasite capable of infecting humans, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps ...