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Parasites, ranging from tapeworms to microscopic protozoa like Giardia, pose significant health threats by infesting humans through contaminated food, water, soil, or insect bites. These organisms can ...

Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers ...

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on ...

A team from the Wood Lab, a UW lab that researches aquatic parasite ecology, traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico this summer ...

Toxoplasmosis — you may have heard about it, but how much do you really know about it? Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite known for being found in cat droppings, with a reputation of ...

Trypanosomatids are parasites that can result in more than 1 billion potentially fatal infections per year globally. In ...

This video breaks down the terrifying reality of Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm freshwater ...

Lasius orientalis and Lasius umbratus—invade and overtake a host ant colony. In both cases, the parasitic ant queen invades the nest and sprays the host colony queen with what is likely formic acid.

LOS ANGELES - A wily parasite well known for influencing the behavior of its animal hosts appears to play a troubling role in humans, increasing the risk of suicide among women who are infected, new ...