Learn how heartworm disease became widespread in dogs, reflecting an evolutionary history that spans back to ancient times.

Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, ...

Pricey deworming remedies are being touted as cure-alls. Supermodel Heidi Klum gave it a go – experts roll their eyes ...

If vitamin C stops cancer in its tracks, and being deficient in it can cause scurvy — the disease long associated with ...

The New World screwworm is getting dangerously close to the U.S., public health officials warn. If left untreated, a ...

New research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) warns that hybrid forms of the parasites that cause ...

Research led by the University of Sydney is reshaping scientific understanding of one of the world's most widespread canine ...

A Live Parasitic Worm Was Surgically Removed From a Woman’s Brain — and It’s a First in Human History ...

Researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme show schistosome parasites are ...

A common parasite expands across species by abandoning sex, boosting short-term spread while risking long-term collapse.

A parasite that can kill dogs has been discovered in California’s Colorado River for the first time, marking a concerning ...

Only a few hours earlier, a shark knocked an 11-year-old boy into the water at Dee Why – just north of Manly – and bit a chunk out of his surfboard. And on Sunday afternoon, a 12-year-old boy was ...