The two species of African rhinoceros are conservation icons. Large, charismatic, and vitally important for their ecosystems, ...

A gigantic iceberg cracked off Antarctica on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen daylight in decades. Researchers decided to search the seafloor under the freshly exposed ocean. What ...

Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...

It’s the kind of event that when it happens, you leave whatever you’re doing,” said Patricia Esquete, the expedition’s chief scientist.

Timothy Brown is a member of the IUCN Parasite Specialist Group. Andrew Cunningham and Simon Goodman do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...

These parasitic worms invade snails and take over their bodies, turning them into zombie-like creatures with flashing, pulsating eye stalks! The infected snails unknowingly become walking bait for ...

Its eggs are then shed in bird feces, with further stages cycling through snails and back to fish. This helps transfer nutrients through the ecosystem. Parasites can even make a whole ecosystem ...

Its eggs are then shed in bird faeces, with further stages cycling through snails and back to fish. This helps transfer nutrients through the ecosystem. Parasites can even make a whole ecosystem more ...

But every so often, it’s an indicator of a much more nightmarish scenario: parasites setting up shop in your brain after previously incubating in rodents, slugs, and snails. This was ...

Both snails were likely to have been accidentally introduced via horticultural shipments. Read more at straitstimes.com.