NPR's Scott Simon speaks with entomologist Edwin Burgess about a plan to combat flash-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock. It involves breeding billions of flies and dropping them from planes.

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.

Fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) are promising quantum nanosensors that can probe inside living organisms such as nematode worms. Introduction of FNDs into nematode worms is a first but critical step ...

Parasitic Worms Could Help Determine Crab Populations in Chesapeake Bay Parasitic, egg-eating worms are a fact of life for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay.

Parasitic, egg-eating worms might sound like the stuff of nightmares, but they’re simply a fact of life for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. Interestingly, a new study published in the ...

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 ...