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 ...

Parasites are a major global health problem, underlying many human diseases worldwide. For example, Plasmodium falciparum, ...

An ova and parasites exam is a relatively routine examination that people with severe diarrhea might undergo if they are admitted to a hospital. As the name suggests, the test checks for the presence ...

Using heatmaps, CU Boulder researchers find that certain parasites congregate in certain parts of amphibians’ bodies, often to dire physical consequences Trematodes, also known as flukes, are a class ...

When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long Island. “I used to pluck them off the rocks and put them in buckets and keep them as pets and then ...

The idea of zombies has fascinated humans for centuries. Real-life parasites have been taking over the minds of insects for eons. April 25, 2025 The following is an excerpt from Rise of the Zombie ...

This provided photo shows monogenean worms (Microcotyle sebastis) that were dissected from the gills of a preserved copper rockfish specimen from the University of Washington Fish Collection at the ...