Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...

Researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhoea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into ...

The fly larvae, which can burrow into living flesh, pose a severe threat to livestock, wildlife, pets, and in rare cases, ...

Since the early 2000s, we’ve known that half of the cells in our bodies are “microbial” — belonging to bacteria, viruses and ...

A fossilized ant and fly preserved in 99-million-year-old amber have revealed one of the oldest known examples of parasitic ...

Summernats roars into town, Bluey hits the stage, and the Old Bus Depot Markets are back. Your first full week of 2026 is ...

Scientists at the University of Virginia have uncovered a surprising way the brain defends itself by letting a parasite in, ...

A chance observation of an unusual spider led scientists to identify a new parasitic mite species in Brazil. While sorting ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

The plant was first spotted near a popular picnic site within a forest. But subsequent surveys have found fewer than 20 ...

Greenland sharks preserve vision for centuries through DNA repair, offering clues for treating age-related eye disease.