Chronic vomiting in cats isn’t normal. Learn the common causes—from hairballs and food sensitivities to IBD and metabolic disease.

This plant, called a fairy lantern, is a parasite that steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell ...

In the middle of the Christmas dinner season, anisakis is back in the conversation: hake, anchovies in vinegar, ceviche, ...

Leaves and bodies fall in “No Other Choice,” Park Chan-wook’s masterfully devilish satire with a chilling autumnal wind ...

A series of compounds that deprive iron essential for a parasitic worm could provide effective new agents for blocking ...

New species of the plants are still being discovered, and their parasitic biology is being probed for potential cancer ...

Parasites don’t just steal nutrients — many actively take control of their hosts’ behavior. From fungi that force insects to ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Roman soldiers stationed on the edge of the empire faced more than cold winds, enemy raids, and ...

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

An analysis of sewer drains from a Roman fort has shown that the occupants were contaminated with three types of intestinal ...