These organisms can infect others — and then take control.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tara Deans , Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Zombies have taken ...

Parasites are well known for sucking energy from their hosts, but can they drain energy from hosts even before infection? A new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of ...

Whether it's finding a tick buried in your socks after a walk in the woods or yanking off a few leeches after a pond swim, parasites trigger revulsion in most of us. And forget about those worms in ...

It’s Halloween season, the liminal period when the general public seems to have a greater tolerance for stomach-churning content, so let’s talk about parasites, perhaps the most disgusting — and ...

The new guidelines help veterinary teams recognize, diagnose, treat, and communicate with clients about emerging parasites in ...

A protein discovered in a Virginia Tech–led study may open a gateway to treatments for a parasite responsible for a deadly ...

An ambitious global plan to save parasites seeks to correct the mistake of leaving them out of most conservation efforts. Parasites have a public relations problem. Unlike the many charismatic mammals ...

This year, the world has faced challenge after challenge. Save the climate. Save democracy. Save human rights. Save the parasites. Yes, parasites: The October edition of the journal Biological ...

For decades, scientists have observed a clear pattern across the natural world: biodiversity tends to be higher near the equator and lower toward the poles. Known as the latitudinal diversity gradient ...

Kevin Lafferty emerges from the waters off Anacapa Island near Ventura, California, after spearing fish in March 2018. He’s advising a UCSB PhD student on research to determine if reef fish inside ...