Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C. It’s long been unclear why. But Dallas researchers may have uncovered an explanation — and it involves parasitic infections.At ...

The difficult-to-detect meningeal worm is spread by white-tailed deer and is a notorious killer of moose. AP Photo/Jim Cole, File A moose in Minnesota stumbles onto the road. She circles, confused and ...

Doctors warn that the parasite cleanse trend misleads patients, causing health risks and delaying proper diagnosis of ...

“Our clinical and epidemiologic findings show that the zoonotic eye fluke P. lacrymosus can infect humans in South America.

They’re like living feather dusters whose mouths can see you coming. The simplest animal eyes consist of light-sensitive cells, partnered with a dark pigment. These give their owners a one-pixel sense ...