Parasitic tapeworm larvae release glutamate and other excitatory molecules that can directly excite brain neurons.

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One of the hallmarks of Donald Trump’s mass-deportation regime has been the emergence of Good Immigrants from certain MAGA ...

While American beekeepers search for solutions, another, potentially worse threat looms: Tropilaelaps mites, which also hail ...

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is continuing efforts to update scientific advice on foodborne parasites. A ...

Every summer across the nation, lake lovers have to contend with swimmers’ itch—an annoying rash caused by parasites in warm ...

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped containment ...

A couple of days after the U.S. airstrikes on nuclear targets in Iran, former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson made a ...

The Department of Agriculture on Wednesday halted cattle shipments from Mexico to the United States over concerns of the New World screwworm parasite's rapid spread.

The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...