In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...

By Mike DiGirolamo The bobcat population has rebounded over the past 125 years, making it North America’s most common wildcat ...

Researchers studying jaguars in Brazil's Pantanal region found dangerous parasites in the big cats' droppings.

President Donald Trump’s order declaring diversity, equity and inclusion policies illegal has thrown into doubt the future of ...

Oberstaller and her colleagues published their paper, “Supersaturation mutagenesis reveals adaptive rewiring of essential ...

Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee voted to move forward with Trump's nominee to run Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

Human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by infection with protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Trypanosoma. These parasites ...

They tend to thrive among vulnerable people who live in poverty and are caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and toxins. Progress in tackling these diseases remains hampered by a lack of ...

These spots are ideal for bead-size parasites called ticks, which can transmit diseases as they latch on to humans and feed on their blood. While Singapore does not require doctors to report tick ...

Eleven photos ... springtails, parasites and slime moulds might not be as glamorous as pandas and polar bears, they are still crucial to the ecosystem and vital to our success as humans ...