Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.

Amoebas don’t usually make headlines. But Entamoeba histolytica, a single-celled killer with a taste for human cells, may ...

is a parasite that spends its entire life inside the human body. Volinsky and his colleagues say that there are five stages of the rope worm life cycle. They claim that there are various methods ...

FERTILITY rates appear to have been declining in both men and women globally – and now scientists have found a common ...

Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them have even evolved sophisticated strategies to evade a host’s immune system by avoiding it entirely.

More than 90% of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contained an introduced parasite capable of infecting ...

Did you know 90% of freshwater game fish in southern California host parasites that could infect humans? Learn how to protect yourself.

Toxoplasma: Some sperm cells had holes in their head, suggesting the parasites were trying to invade them as it would any ...

In exchange for these mites emptying out gunk, the human body offers our melatonin, a hormone produced in the skin that helps ...