Can’t figure out why you’ve been feeling off? If you’ve been dealing with fatigue, bloating, brain fog, or digestive drama, ...

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

Lately, social media feeds have been crawling with testimonials about “parasite cleanses” and DIY worm detoxes. Many people may be unknowingly infected, influencers on TikTok and Instagram claim, and ...

Intestinal parasites are more common than perceived, often presenting with subtle symptoms mistaken for digestive issues. Dr. Eric Berg highlights five potential warning signs, including unexplained ...

Kevin Lafferty emerges from the waters off Anacapa Island near Ventura, California, after spearing fish in March 2018. He’s advising a UCSB PhD student on research to determine if reef fish inside ...

Parasites live in other host organisms and depend on them for survival. Parasites can spread diseases and cause parasitic infections. The symptoms of a parasite infection in humans can vary widely.

This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Since Darwin’s time, biologists have tried to understand the advantages of sexual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Imagine a small, otherworldly looking crustacean that ...

Brood parasitic birds lay their eggs in the nests of others, sparing themselves the expense of rearing their own young. The resulting coevolutionary arms race includes sophisticated defenses by hosts ...

Climate change is putting parasites — the unseen pests running our planet — in peril, but a small band of scientists is fighting to save them from extinction. In 2010, Chelsea Wood was conducting a ...