A new study regarding parasites living inside fish illustrates the widespread presence of organisms in major ecosystems.

A study of canned salmon finds rising parasite counts over decades, suggesting ocean food webs may be recovering rather than ...

Whether it's finding a tick buried in your socks after a walk in the woods or yanking off a few leeches after a pond swim, parasites trigger revulsion in most of us. And forget about those worms in ...

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For decades, scientists have observed a clear pattern across the natural world: biodiversity tends to be higher near the equator and lower toward the poles. Known as the latitudinal diversity gradient ...

It’s Halloween season, the liminal period when the general public seems to have a greater tolerance for stomach-churning content, so let’s talk about parasites, perhaps the most disgusting — and ...

Malaria parasites survive tough times by not being too clingy. During Africa’s dry season, when mosquitoes are scarce, malaria parasites have a hard time spreading to new hosts. So the parasites hide ...

Parasite extinction will have lasting and far-reaching consequences for biodiversity, and subsequently for humans. Kelly Speer Bat ticks (Ornithodoros) under a microscope. These parasites primarily ...

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