Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean's most bizarre animals: a branching marine worm named ...

Hundreds of parasites have the ability to infect humans, including lice, mites and ticks. However, parasite cleanses ...

New Zealand faces a hidden health threat. It is Toxoplasma gondii. Cats carry this parasite. It can cause blindness. Nearly ...

They weren’t snakes, of course, but nematodes, also known as roundworms—and, it turns out, they’re the most common ...

The United States Department of Agriculture is suspending imports of cattle, horse and bison at the U.S. - Mexico border in ...

According to Texarkana FYI, pest control experts across Louisiana and Texas are seeing a rise in reports of these toxic, invasive worms as the weather warms and the humidity ramps up. And if you’ve ...

In Rise of the Zombie Bugs, Mindy Weisberger zooms in on how parasites hijack the brains of their tiny host animals ...

Oh my God, ew!” This was Jesse Heichert’s first reaction when she spotted an invasive, toxic creature while working in a ...

TVA said the best way to get rid of one is to completely cover it with salt or rubbing alcohol, or use gloves to place it in ...

The New World Screwworm is a devastating parasite now on the US border. Has it been found in Ohio? How to spot them and what ...

Off the coast of Spain, a long creature can contort its body into something much smaller. Hayffield L. via Unsplash Tucked under the stones and shells of the shallow waters off Spain, one creature has ...

A strange video from the South Atlantic Ocean showed parasites on a deep-sea fish. These parasites, Lophoura szidati copepods, looked like they had pigtails. They clung to the head of a rattail ...