Talk about the souvenir from hell. A recent case report documents how a woman’s overseas trip to South America left her playing host to a worm parasite stuck in her eye. Researchers in Chile and ...

BETHESDA, MD / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / What if I told you zombies are real? And no, not the ones you see on movie screens. I'm talking about nature's zombies, real organisms hijacked and ...

Parasites are organisms that feed off their hosts for survival. Such parasitic creatures can cause mild to serious symptoms and, in some cases, fatal infections in their hosts. “Overall, parasites ...

Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czechia Tapeworms (Cestoda) are a diverse group of parasitic flatworms that are highly specialized in a ...

From a hummingbird in flight to up-close encounters with parasites and their hosts, these images will spark the curiosity within. Scientists at the Altshuler Lab at the University of British Columbia ...

Rhowan Ho is a first-year master's student in marine biology with a focus on parasitology and science communication at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. He grew up on Penang Island, ...

Officials in coastal and lakeside municipalities in several parts of the country have issued alerts about “swimmer’s itch” in recent weeks, perhaps prompting a few would-be beachgoers to rethink their ...

During my recent backpacking adventure at Isle Royale National Park, I observed dozens of species of wild birds. Birds of all kinds — shorebirds, songbirds, raptors, woodpeckers, waterfowl, warblers, ...

On July 30, a 3-year-old Miniature Horse gelding in Shenandoah County, Virginia, tested positive for Potomac horse fever (PHF). The gelding developed clinical signs on July 28, including fever and ...