With tide their clock, gravity their compass and sunlight their fuel, animalgae is a deal-breaking bond. Having shed major ...

Finding a mate is hard in the animal kingdom! As these strangest animal mating rituals show, it sometimes gets even more ...

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 ...

These diagnostic tools were developed by MiDOG Animal Diagnostics and the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology in Nebraska. A set of parasite reference genomes for companion animals and ...

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 ...