Ticks can be found on every continent in the world, including Antarctica. Like spiders, ticks are arachnids, but ticks are parasites because they feed on the blood of animals and humans.

A University of Washington researcher has found that infestations ... Another parasitic worm, Clavinema mariae, which doesn't cause illness in humans, increased its numbers eight times in local ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

Parasitic worms are difficult to kill with current therapies, but their commensal bacteria might be their Achilles’ heel.

"Our genetic analysis revealed the parasitic worms from Côte d’Ivoire ... to a parasite that infects pigs than those normally found in humans." The parasite's eggs are passed in infected ...

Analyzing the sequences revealed that bacteria belonging to the genera Meiothermus and Anoxybacillus made up most of the worms’ microbiome. Although scientists have found these species in frigid ...

Sodium alginate is a polysaccharide found in brown seaweed. It consists of long chains of tiny clusters of sugars. On a molecular level, it looks a lot like cooked spaghetti. How does alginate become ...