Fish were caught by local fishermen in the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro (21-23°S, 42-45°W), Brazil. Hosts were mostly fresh, but some specimens were kept frozen at –20°C, until examination.

Parasite biology is the study of all biological aspects of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the structure, growth, development, genetics, ecology and evolution of these organisms. A ...

#209: Reality of Nightmares, Discussing Alien & Predator Immersive Experiences fting. Steve Petersen ...

Remember the film Alien? The title character,Xenomorph, injects its embryo into the body of an astronaut. A few days later … BAM! A baby alien pops out of the poor guy’s chest. Well ...

Ten thousand New Zealanders may have lost vision – sometimes permanently – because of toxoplasmosis, an infection triggered by a parasite spread by cats. University of Otago researchers ...

Liver flukes are one of the more complex parasites in beef production. Before setting up camp in the bile ducts of the liver, juvenile flukes cause damage in the small intestine and abdominal cavity ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body's immune system, sometimes for years.

“Not only slow the speed of business, but also cost producers a lot of money to prevent and treat this parasite,” Dr. Hall added. Dr. Hall, along with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ...

“We're going to want to probably do some things to treat those cattle, inspect them when they arrive here, to try to treat them to make sure we've killed all the potential parasites,” Drewell ...

It takes place two years before the first "Alien" movie. The FX series starts when a spaceship crashes on Earth with a xenomorph on board. "Alien: Earth" is bringing the xenomorphs somewhere they ...

(Read about "zombie" parasites that mind-control their hosts.) Behold the diabolically clever life cycle of the rainbow mussel, which lives in U.S. rivers and streams. You see, what the bass ...

We also have a new poster featuring a Xenomorph, some promo stills spotlighting the main characters, and an updated synopsis which reveals quite a bit of intriguing new information about the show.