Most raw fish harbors parasites that can cause illness, so it must be frozen before being used in sushi. An expert shares ...

Taenia solium under a microscope. (Rjgalindo/CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons) The thought of parasites in your food might make ...

Experts describe some of the most common protozoa and worms ...

Parasites are well known for sucking energy from their hosts, but can they drain energy from hosts even before infection? A new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of ...

Parasite extinction will have lasting and far-reaching consequences for biodiversity, and subsequently for humans. Kelly Speer Bat ticks (Ornithodoros) under a microscope. These parasites primarily ...

Lowri's headaches, seizures and psychosis were due to an infection caused by pork tapeworm larvae.

A new study found that dietary fiber can determine whether beneficial intestinal worms help reduce inflammation or become ...

It’s Halloween season, the liminal period when the general public seems to have a greater tolerance for stomach-churning content, so let’s talk about parasites, perhaps the most disgusting — and ...

IN 1987, officials from the US Fish and Wildlife Service captured all 22 of the world’s remaining California condors in a last-ditch effort to save the species. Back at San Diego Wild Animal Park and ...