Researchers have highlighted a new type of mind-altering parasite that takes over spiders and changes how they act.

However, it is significantly more resistant to treatment. Scientists have discovered a new species of human parasite that appears to be resistant to common antiparasitic treatments, such as ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite ...

Parasites are organisms that live “on or within the blood, tissues or intestines of a host” and can be either external, think ticks, lice or mites, or human intestinal, according to UCLA Health.

It's also an extremely common parasite in humans. We can catch it from cleaning cats' litter boxes or from eating raw meat. For the most part, it's harmless. It's only becomes life threatening in ...