Parasitic diseases, which are passed on to people via parasites found in contaminated food, water, soil or bugs that bite humans, can be relatively uncommon in some parts of the world. In other ...

Scientists report unusually high Chagas disease parasite rates in kissing bugs collected near the U.S.-Mexico border region.

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have found unusually high levels of parasitic infection in the insects that transmit Chagas disease in the Borderlands. The bugs were collected near ...

Q:I live on 40 acres in western Sonoma County. I keep a small garden and mixed fruit tree orchard. Last summer, there was a huge number of yellow jackets on the land - rather annoying when one tried ...

These insects are crossing the border, bringing yet another infectious disease to the USA In A Nutshell Infection rates jumped dramatically: 84.6% of triatomine “kissing bugs” collected near the El ...

When fields of oilseed rape are exposed to diesel exhaust and/or ozone -- both found in emissions from diesel burning vehicles and industry -- the number of parasitic insects available to control ...

If you ever travel back in time to the reign of dinosaurs, don’t touch any flowers – it might just be a parasitic wasp in disguise. Analysis of wasps trapped in amber has revealed that the insect ...

At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close inspection did researchers realize something far more unsettling was preserved with ...