Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected ...

Through detailed hand-drawn illustrations made with acrylic paint of over 100 parasites, Lindsey Munson hopes to spark ...

Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

and their bites transmit the spores so that the parasitic fungus can spread to more hosts. While that bloodthirsty behavioral quirk doesn’t manifest in actual ant zombies, the physical appearance of ...

No matter how bad things might seem, at least you haven't accidentally eaten fox poop and developed an insidious tapeworm infection that masquerades as a cancerous liver tumor while it slowly destroys ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

Deciphering the gut biome's, including helminths', influence on human trained immunity will unlock novel immunotherapies harnessing the immune reprogramming potential of their secreted factors and ...

As human activity alters the environment, kissing bugs and parasites will ultimately adapt. The geographic range of infected ...

Red points on the graph represent each host, while black points indicate the host ... One big takeaway, he said, was that people shouldn't be scared of parasites. "There are definitely human parasites ...

These parasites have complex life cycles and infect various arthropods (insects and other jointed invertebrates) and vertebrates, including humans 1 ... and ancient host–parasite relationships.