The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled.

Researchers have identified a protein–protease duo essential to the mobilization of the immune system against helminth infection.

Research from Texas A&M University found high levels of drug-resistant parasites in ranched bison herds across Texas and ...

Using parasiticides in cattle without considering the active ingredients in those products presents dangers for an operation.

Adding helpful organisms to your garden is an easy, natural way to fight harmful grubs without using chemicals. Beneficial nematodes and parasitic wasps attack grubs underground, helping protect plant ...

Good bugs pollinate our food crops, enrich and fertilize the soil, eat our garbage and provide food for wildlife.

There are a lot of things to keep your eye on when you share your home with a dog, and one of those things is signs of worms. Since so many of them spread to humans, the problem needs to be taken care ...

Knowable Magazine reports that worm-inspired treatments show promise for metabolic diseases by reducing inflammation and ...

Parasites such as roundworms and fluke can be an issue at this time of the ... Older animals often act as carriers over the winter, as some adult worms will survive in the lung. The eggs released in ...

The 61-year-old man received a new kidney from a deceased donor after being diagnosed with “nephrosclerosis-related end-stage kidney disease,” or chronic high blood pressure that causes hardening of ...

Ten weeks after a New England man received a kidney transplant, he went into respiratory failure and shock — thanks to an extensive parasitic worm infection, according to his medical team. The ...