Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the whipworm parasite. However, it is significantly ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites ... occurs in human beings," Marsh said. "If people aren't picking up ...

Well, that same parasite everyone’s been avoiding might ... Let’s talk about Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii for short). This tiny troublemaker has been living in about one-third of the world ...

It's all connected: coronaviruses and other emerging infectious diseases, loss of biodiversity, and destruction of the ...

Emerging evidence suggests the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is an expert at pulling the strings in the rodent brain to suit its own needs. Infecting an estimated one third of the world's human ...

In Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, Paul Raad crouched in the undergrowth, scanning the ground for ...

Parasites are separate organisms that live on or in another host organism. Some studies have shown ivermectin can help slow tumor growth, but it hasn’t been studied extensively in humans ...

Raad, whose research was completed in December 2024 but hasn’t been published yet, told Mongabay. “Jaguars are saving lives. They are being a bioindicator, telling humans that this parasite is ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Pets ... University of Queensland veterinary expert Dr Swaid Abdullah said the parasites can be transferred to humans through the skin.

The health sector reached new frontiers to improve human well-being ... reveals that an engineered strain of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, commonly found in cat litter, could revolutionize ...