Researchers have highlighted a new type of mind-altering parasite that takes over spiders and changes how they act.

Jan. 21, 2025 — Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been ...

Malaria is one of the most serious threats to human life throughout the entire history of humankind. Over millennia, the disease has killed hundreds of millions of people. The workings of this ...

and staring out ominously with two black specks for eyes. An anemonefish with a tongue-biter isopod parasite peering out of its mouth, in Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. - Richard Smith ...

The Bible's lex talionis—"Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" (Exodus 21:24–27)—has captured the human imagination for millennia. This idea of fairness has been a ...

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Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed ... can be dangerous for both humans and animals," study ...

Guinea worms are thin, thread-like parasites that can grow up to three feet long within the human body, before emerging through the skin. The Carter Center Humans cannot develop resistance to the ...

A return of the parasites to the U.S. would cause major ... line of defense in protecting wildlife, livestock, and human health. "Their eyes and ears will be critical to quickly responding and ...

But worse still, the parasites can spread to humans through the skin. In people, hookworms from dogs can cause cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) disease – or ‘creeping eruption’ – which is a winding, ...