parasites

Two boer kid goats standing in a meadow. Photo courtesy Missouri Department of Agriculturetwo kid goats on a meadow A new guide developed by University of Missouri Extension and Lincoln University …

Flesh-Eating ‘Screwworm’ Parasites Are Headed to the U.S. Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped containment By Stephanie Pappas edited …

Mosquitoes should be given malaria drugs to clear their infection so they can no longer spread the disease, say US researchers. Malaria parasites, which kill nearly 600,000 people a year, …

Kevin Liévano-Romero uses a dissection microscope to examine a tapeworm, collected from the small intestine of a giant anteater in Colombia. Credit: Aaron Nix/University of Nebraska–Lincoln Kevin Liévano-Romero was seven …