For decades, scientists have observed a clear pattern across the natural world: biodiversity tends to be higher near the ...

Scientists have found examples across the animal kingdom that show how parasites manipulate their hosts' behavior. In a bid to reach maturity and breed, they often lead their hosts to experience ...

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 ...

A post in a nightmare fueled lifestyle in a nightmarish hell scape…or a nice story of parasitic nematodes find in fishes at hydrothermal vents over at Parasite of the Day To land-dwelling humans, deep ...

The big screen gives parasites a bad rap, but they’re not as bad as you think Anna Phillips While fictional parasites terrorize our imaginations in movies and television shows, their real-life ...

Do cleanses and detoxes live up to their hype? Reviewed by Dietitian Christa Brown, M.S., RDN, LD Parasite cleanses are popular on the internet and social media. There is very little evidence ...

Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements.