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

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

The first time most people hear about mango worms, the reaction is disbelief. It sounds fake, exaggerated, or like something ...

Scientists claim that mature roundworms which live in the small intestine of raccoons can produce upto 180,000 eggs every day ...

A resilient parasite carried by raccoons is spreading across Europe, posing a severe neurological threat to humans. Experts ...

No one wants to think about their cat or dog carrying parasites. But without prevention, the likelihood of infection is high.

As tough as medieval chainmail armor and as soft as a contact lens. This material is not taken from science fiction, it is a ...

Climate shapes how ants and parasite interact, fight, and evolve as temperature and humidity drive behavior and genetic ...

Why do parasites harm their hosts? That's a question evolutionary biologists ask as they try to predict how a parasite might ...

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

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

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely ...