Ancient tapeworm eggs found in 270-million-year-old shark poop suggest these parasites may have plagued animals for much longer than previously known, researchers say. Tapeworms cling to the inner ...

Tick season is in full swing in some states, which means tick-related illnesses such as Lyme disease are on the rise. One state in particular, Michigan, is facing the issue more than ever, according ...

A close-up shot of a tick moving across someone's pants - Rbkomar/Getty Images While we often think of ticks as creatures lurking in the wild, their eggs can make themselves at home in the most ...

The discovery of a schistosomiasis parasite egg in a 6200-year-old grave at a prehistoric town by the Euphrates river in Syria may be the first evidence that agricultural irrigation systems in the ...

Brood parasitic birds lay their eggs in the nests of others, sparing themselves the expense of rearing their own young. The resulting coevolutionary arms race includes sophisticated defenses by hosts ...

SINGAPORE: Amid the rocks, water and greenery at Lower Seletar Reservoir, the blobs of pink stood out. Not only did they catch the attention of Facebook user Elsa Xu on Oct 5, but they also set off ...

DNA in parasite eggs recovered from ancient latrines provides new clues to the foods eaten by past populations, as well as their animal domestication and hunting practices, according to a study ...

Beware any rock that’s oblong and cylindrical, like a stubby stone finger. It might not be a rock. It could, very likely, be a coprolite. Yes, that’s another name for fossilized feces. And if you do ...

Avian brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species, forcing the hosts to do the hard work of raising the unrelated young. A team of scientists wanted to simulate the task of ...