They weren’t snakes, of course, but nematodes, also known as roundworms—and, it turns out, they’re the most common ...

From mid-April until mid-October each year, residents can find all kinds of bees in their yards. According to Elaine Evans, a ...

Dear Heloise: I just started a compost pile behind our barn. We recycle everything we can, but there are a few items I’m not ...

New research has shown how the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica takes bites from your cells to use as a disguise, ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that ...

We can’t believe we have to say this, but there are legit health risks to taking a dip in sewage-saturated water.

Scientists unmask a 'Skinwalker' parasite that kills human cells and then wears their skin as a disguise to avoid detection.

Many plants in Texas landscapes are suitable hosts for aphids, including bedding plants, ash, barberry, boxelder, crape myrtle, jasmine, flowering almond, gardenia, hibiscus, hydrangea, mountain ash, ...

Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.

Entamoeba histolytica is a particularly tenacious parasite. The single-celled amoeba generally arrives in the colon after ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said May 11 that it is suspending imports of livestock through Mexico because of New World Screwworm threats.

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...