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 ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Aging parasitologists are working hard to inspire more students to enter the field Hannah Richter In the fall of 1985, Scott L. Gardner found himself standing over his toilet bowl, fishing around in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Deep sea lanternfish help transmit parasites to sperm whales and giant squid, new research shows. “Anisakis are pervasive everywhere in the ocean,” and yet very little is known about them, says ...

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 ...