A series of compounds that deprive iron essential for a parasitic worm could provide effective new agents for blocking ...

A light micrograph of the larva of the parasitic flatworm that causes the disease schistosomiasis in people. A RIKEN researcher has ...

BETHESDA, MD / ACCESS Newswire / October 31, 2025 / What if I told you zombies are real? And no, not the ones you see on movie screens. I'm talking about nature's zombies, real organisms hijacked and ...

These diagnostic tools were developed by MiDOG Animal Diagnostics and the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology in Nebraska. A set of parasite reference genomes for companion animals and ...

Those prone to nightmares about snakes, worms and eels should be warned about the following content. There’s an invasive species now found in Washington state: the hammerhead flatworm. They are ...

(NEXSTAR) – Officials in coastal and lakeside municipalities in several parts of the country have issued alerts about “swimmer’s itch” in recent weeks, perhaps prompting a few would-be beachgoers to ...

Rhowan Ho is a first-year master's student in marine biology with a focus on parasitology and science communication at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. He grew up on Penang Island, ...

Anglers are casting their rods across New York, but they might be reeling in more than they bargained for. There's much that goes into a successful fishing season, both for fishing enthusiasts and the ...

This bluegill collected during the study contained 16,973 H. pumilio and 8 C. formosanus infectious trematode parasite larval stages. Credit: Emma Palmer. A new study has found that more than 90% of ...