Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii increased the host cell’s metabolic activity, offering insights into potential ...

A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts.

Botflies are parasitic insects that lay their eggs under the skin of mammals, including humans. When the larvae hatch, they ...

You might think of snails as the little shelled creatures that you find crawling in your garden, or even as a delicacy of ...

However, it was one thing to show that this Frankenstein of a protein could make it to the host nucleus and quite another to show that it would be functional when it arrived. Bracha and her colleagues ...

"This discovery raises concerns about the impact of human activity on isolated ... other parasites. "This parasite attaches to the intestinal wall of its host, which is particularly problematic ...

Social media users are spreading false claims that putting on headphones and listening to a particular sound frequency will kill parasites.

Intestinal parasites are organisms that live in the human digestive system and derive nutrients at the host's expense. They can cause a range of health issues, including malnutrition, digestive ...

His latest game, Slitterhead, feels like a culmination of his nearly 30-year career so far: an action-horror stealth thriller ...

Human use of parasitoid wasps or other natural enemies to control pest populations is known as biological control, or ...

Although its creatures are indeed grotesque and frightening, Slitterhead showcases a side of them that paints them in a less ...

These findings shine new light on the effect viruses have on host-parasite rivalries. The presence of these viruses could influence how useful parasitoid wasps are in getting rid of fruit fly pests.