A medical student hopes her award-winning invention for detecting a deadly water parasite could save thousands of people from the risk of infection.

This plant, called a fairy lantern, is a parasite that steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell ...

UCCE experts urge producers to monitor their animals for signs of the parasite, which has been moving north from Central and South America.

People may become infected when they eat unwashed produce hiding the mollusks. Home-growing food and keeping pets also raises the risk.

Why do parasites harm their hosts? That's a question evolutionary biologists ask as they try to predict how a parasite might ...

Dig Deeper is an ongoing series that delves into the stories behind plants and fungi you know and love. Meet experts from Kew Gardens and Wakehurst, and dig a little deeper into foods, medicines and ...

Parasite can survive in chlorine for days. — -- A hardy parasite has led federal health officials to warn pool goers to be careful in the water this summer. Outbreaks related to pools, hot tubs ...

An often deadly parasite to some types of animals has been found for the first time in the province, according to a First ...

Theileria, a tick-borne parasite impacting cattle, may be spreading across Kansas in more ways that originally believed. The ...

Climate shapes how ants and parasite interact, fight, and evolve as temperature and humidity drive behavior and genetic ...

As tough as medieval chainmail armor and as soft as a contact lens. This material is not taken from science fiction, it is a ...