There are three types of parasite that can live in or on the human body, including worms, lice, and single-cell organisms. Learn more here.

With parasites, we could learn which threatened species are keeping ecosystems ever-so-gently in balance, or which ones might be future human-killers. We also might not.

How deadly parasites 'glide' into human cells. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 10 / 201013090239.htm. European Molecular Biology Laboratory.

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego discovered that a snail species carrying human-infecting flatworms known as trematodes is widespread in California. ... Parasites ...

We’ve all seen the latest historical interpretations on television, the movies, or even the stage. And while talented costumers, set producers, and makeup artists can work wonders in re-creating the ...

A group of ecologists and biologists say the world's ticks, leeches, and tapeworms need love and conservation, too. Now they've got a 12-point plan.

This bluegill collected during the study contained 16,973 Haplorchis pumilio and 8 Centrocestus formosanus infectious trematode parasite larval stages. Photo: Emma Palmer. The study identified two ...

This Castle’s Toilet Still Holds Parasites From Crusaders’ Feces The presence of whipworm and roundworm eggs suggest that crusaders were especially predisposed to death by malnutrition ...