To curb the spread of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, scientists and public health experts for decades have ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

In the arid mountains of northern Oman, rocky caves hold pools of water. Naturalists were exploring these subterranean lakes in the Al-Hoota cave in 1980 when they discovered a white, eyeless fish. It ...

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

Parasites have been likened to “ecological dark matter” – an unseen force vital for sustaining life on earth as we know it, ...

The ruling, handed down on February 15, came just a week after US President Donald Trump cut all aid to South Africa due to alleged human rights violations against the white minority. Trump's ...

Scientists worry that the virus could mutate to allow human-to-human transmission. With flu season intensifying, there's concern over the recombination of avian and seasonal flu viruses. Agencies A ...

In January, a disturbing X-ray of a human body riddled with worms went viral after the patient contracted cysticercosis — which begins with eating undercooked pig but is passed through fecal matter.

Human brains contain higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a new study, and the amount appears to be increasing over time. In the study, published in early ...

Mice carrying a gene variant present in nearly every human on Earth — but not in extinct relatives including Neanderthals — produce more-complex chirps than normal rodents do 1. The finding ...

"This is the earliest evidence of human intervention in the biology of livestock," explained the study's lead author, Kevin Daly, from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Why white in particular?