We're about to dive into the world of parasitology, taking a close look at one of the most common parasitic worms infecting ...

The Schmidt Ocean Institute shared footage from it's Chile Margin expedition on Instagram that shows a sparkling deep-sea ...

their own in the natural world—and parasites—organisms that live on other organisms. And it was, by far, the parasites that proved the more successful of ...

You might think of snails as the little shelled creatures that you find crawling in your garden, or even as a delicacy of ...

The scientists uncovered 91 RNA viruses in 28 of the worm species studied, representing about 70% of the roundworm species that infect humans. This study represents "the beginning of a whole other ...

Researchers say benzyl butyl phthalate, found in everything from vinyl flooring to children's toys, may be affecting reproductive cells at concentrations commonly detected in human blood samples.

A chemical that's been long used in soft, flexible plastics like PVC might be messing with the sex cells of some animals and ...

Malaria kills over 600,000 people a year, and as the climate warms, the potential range of the disease is growing. While some ...

The reduction of body hair in early humans was probably influenced by several factors, such as regulating body temperature, ...

Ruvkun proved that microRNA was present in a wide array of animals, including humans, that the wider research community finally acquiesced. Even though worms are leagues simpler than the human ...

Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii increased the host cell’s metabolic activity, offering insights into potential ...

The parasite that causes schistosomiasis completes its life cycle in two hosts – first in snails and then in mammals such as ...