A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...

The infection damages the lymphatic system, leading to fluid retention and abnormal swelling of body parts, particularly the ...

Egg-eating worms living on Chesapeake Bay blue crabs may hold the key to smarter fishery management. Once thought to be a threat, these parasites actually serve as natural biomarkers that reveal when ...

Tracking pathogens in wastewater samples provides early warnings for disease outbreaks, aiding public health planning and ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is free and clear of brain-eating worms, according to his wife. During a Tuesday, Oct. 14 visit to The ...

Tomato plants suffer from their fair share of nutritional deficiencies and diseases, but nothing compares to the damage that ...

The first time I was bitten by a leech, I was swimming in a West Virginia river. I remember the scene perfectly: I crawled ...

Foreword -- Phyla -- Key to the phyla of animals found in the North Central States -- Free living protozoa -- Porifera -- sponges -- Fresh-water coelenterates ...

A Florida Republican has filed a bill to make the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin available over-the-counter for human use. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ivermectin was controversially touted as a cure ...

In a discovery that could reshape how we think about memory, researchers at Flinders University have found that forgetting is not just a glitch in the brain but is actually a finely-tuned process, and ...