In a bold and unconventional effort to stave off a potentially devastating threat to its livestock industry, the United ...

USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.

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What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

Ticks are parasites that bite and feed on humans and pets. They can spread Lyme disease and other infections. Here's what to ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

Some of the most intriguing science fiction springs from eerie, real-life phenomena. Case in point, the mutant parasite in ...

The U.S Department of Agriculture shut down animal imports through ports along the southern border due to a growing outbreak ...

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some ...

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...