Certain parasitic worms survive by taking control of snail behavior. Instead of hiding, infected snails are driven into exposed areas where predators can easily find them. The worms manipulate ...

Dog owners are often advised to prevent heartworm infections with drugs called parasiticides, but their widespread use has ...

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

Recent shark attacks may be linked less to shark behaviour – and more to the pollutants, pesticides and parasites humans send ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...

The "very thin" little one was found alongside her two baby kittens during January's cold snap, as temperatures plummeted as ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) said that the cat was found near Vines Road and Dungannon Drive in ...

An Australian study has shed light on a pest you’ve probably hosted at some point – and it has unearthed a new theory about ...

New research finds that a popular class of antiparasitics can linger in pet feces for quite some time, potentially posing a ...

Two people were exposed to a rabid cat in Greenwood County. According to the South Carolina Department of Public Health, a stray cat found just north of Ninety Six near the intersection of Vines Road ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it under control.