Research published in The FEBS Journal may help overcome challenges to the treatment of malaria—a tropical disease caused by ...

A newly detected parasite in Portugal hints at an emerging and little-understood risk in freshwater ecosystems.

The primary risk in Colorado comes from two closely related species: the American dog tick and the Rocky Mountain wood tick, state health officials said.

Copious amounts of smelly, potentially harmful seaweed known as sargassum have washed up along the shores of South Florida.

Western Washington is home to an abundance of urban wildlife, animals that live and somehow thrive at the intersection of forests and concrete. Coyotes are the poster children of urban wildlife, ...

A dangerous tapeworm, not found in Pacific Northwest wildlife until this year, is more widespread than researchers expected.

The ancient ancestor of Plasmodium was a water-dwelling photosynthetic algae. The tiny organ is a relic of the parasite’s ...

University of Florida scientists are putting out a BOLO for the winged insects known to spread a deadly, heartbreaking parasite.

Researchers from the Universities of Bath and Leeds (UK) have made a significant advance in the fight against malaria by uncovering a promising new potential target for drug discovery. The findings, ...

Some birds and other animals are 'brood parasites' whose mothers leave their offspring with other species. A common reed ...