Heartworms (Dirofilaria immitis) are parasitic roundworms that infest the heart and lungs of dogs. The disease caused by ...

Explore the potential of nitisinone as a mosquito killer. A new drug shows promise in the fight against malaria-carrying ...

In a crowded room, we naturally move slower than in an empty space. Surprisingly, worms can show the exact opposite behavior: In an environment with randomly scattered obstacles, they tend to move ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ages -- including the older ones that are most likely to transmit malaria ...

Eating undercooked meat is never a good idea—it can give you a nasty case of food poisoning within 24 hours. And there are ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy ...

Flatworms and earthworms can regrow large parts of their body. Roundworms may hold the secret to counteracting ...

Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could look radically different when it comes to a cell or emerging artificial ...

Most people exposed to the parasites behind babesiosis don't get sick, but for others, the infection can be deadly.

A separate report, published earlier this month, detailed the time medics discovered a woman’s iron deficiency was caused by worms feeding off her body. Meanwhile, in another report, a teenager ...

After Scott Kelly spent a year on the International Space Station, the astronaut returned to Earth in 2016 shorter, more nearsighted, lighter and with new symptoms of heart disease that his ...