University of Oregon researchers have uncovered a molecule produced by yeast living on human skin that showed potent ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected ...

In South Africa, the age of consent for sex is 16 years old. Engaging in sexual activity with someone under the age of 16 is ...

Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

An unpleasant parasite spread by flies was kicked out of the U.S. decades ago — but now it seems to be making its return. As ...

In Lagos, the most populous city in West Africa, nothing is a waste in the hands of those who can see value in it.Despite inherent risks, particularly those that have to do with human safety and ...

Here's why there are such a wide variety of symptoms associated with meningitis and why not every form of meningitis is ...

In a world where parasitic fungi can turn humans into undead monsters, death shouldn’t come as a total surprise. Yet, the ...

They crawl, they control, and they kill—without a sound. These real-life parasites turn their hosts into pawns in a ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

"The Last of Us" Season 2 is here. Here's the Season 2 cast, why Joel killed the Fireflies, why Ellie is mad at Joel and ...

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...