Eating wild berries or drinking free-flowing water may kill you as this rare, hidden parasite that can destroy your liver is ...

Beneath the icy waters of the Antarctic, scientists have uncovered a chilling new threat lurking in the deep. Parasitic ...

The caterpillar species with a macabre fashion sense was discovered by researchers in Hawaii. Its casing is a disguise to ...

Mosquitoes that transmit La Crosse virus disease live in wooded areas in the U.S., mainly in the Upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic ...

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

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 ...

Beccy is a custom content producer who holds a PhD in Biological Science, a Master’s in Parasites and Disease Vectors, and a ...

Human beings don’t have a thick coat of fur like many other mammals do. Scientists think it has to do with something else ...

Doctors in India recently made a rare and unsettling discovery after a 35-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room ...

Two works—a new film, The Shrouds, and a career-spanning monograph by the film critic Violet Lucca—present a more sanguine ...

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

Zombies are real – not in the walking dead sense, but there are parasites that can hack the brains of living creatures and ...