Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can ...

This plant doesn’t just grow - it steals. In this video, we take a closer look at one of nature’s true vampires: a parasitic ...

Japanese beetles can cause major damage to your garden. This guide explains how to get rid of Japanese beetles without ...

Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful ...

The beginning of spring marks the start of beekeeping season. It is when beekeepers will check in with their hives and hope ...

Henry Sila Nzioki has developed a weed-killing fungus to improve food security. “I’m a plant pathologist at the Kenya ...

“These weeds are waiting for a signal to wake up,” Nelson says. “We can give them that signal at the wrong time — when there’s no food for them — so they sprout and die. It’s like flipping their own ...

One TikTok user shows how mistletoe and landscape fabric can be harmful to trees and shares how to remove them.

Even though most mistletoe species conduct photosynthesis, these hemiparasitic — or partially parasitic — plants still obtain sugars and other organic molecules from their host. Mistletoe is ...

A new study found that an “often-overlooked” parasitic infection, already linked to bladder cancer, could also trigger cancer-related gene activity in the cervical lining. Even more troubling ...

New research has revealed that Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium), a parasitic infection affecting millions globally, can trigger cancer-related gene activity in the cervical lining ...