Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have ...

It's all connected: coronaviruses and other emerging infectious diseases, loss of biodiversity, and destruction of the ...

Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the whipworm parasite. However, it is significantly ...

which are symptoms of brain parasites due to toxoplasmosis, neurocysticercosis, cerebral malaria, echinococcus, and other infections. Ingesting the eggs leads to tapeworm larvae growing in many ...

A parasitic worm eradicated in the United States nearly 60 years ago could be threatening a comeback, Texas wildlife ...

New research reveals that canine hookworms in Australia are developing growing resistance to drugs. New research indicates ...

An ecologist shares his passion for parasites. From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are natural wonders worthy of protection.

In Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, Paul Raad crouched in the undergrowth, scanning the ground for ...

Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are caused by four species of parasitic worms (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus ...

Cancer grows from mutations in a person’s cells. Parasites are separate organisms that live on or in another host organism.

It's all connected: coronaviruses and other emerging infectious diseases, loss of biodiversity, and destruction of the ...

Guinea worms are thin, thread-like parasites that can grow up to three feet long within the human body, before emerging through the skin. The Carter Center Humans cannot develop resistance to the ...