Learn more about a parasitic spider mite discovered in Brazil, the second of the genus ever described.

What happens to worms and parasites when exposed to freezing temperatures? 🔬 This microscopic science experiment reveals how the freezer impacts their structure and survival. #MicroscopeScience #Para ...

An Iowa State University scientist identifies mosquito species with the help of a microscope. A recent study from ISU entomologists describes the immune responses mosquitoes have to the parasite that ...

An international team of researchers has harnessed the potential of AI-powered technology to detect the presence of malaria parasites in returning travelers. As the World Health Organization advocates ...

Parasite extinction will have lasting and far-reaching consequences for biodiversity, and subsequently for humans. Kelly Speer Bat ticks (Ornithodoros) under a microscope. These parasites primarily ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Even when a person suffering from malaria is burning up with fever and too sick to function, the tiny blood-eating parasites lurking inside them continue to flourish, relentlessly ...

The first cell atlas of an important life stage of Schistosoma mansoni, a parasitic worm that poses a risk to hundreds of millions of people each year, has been developed by researchers at the ...

Scientists at ARUP Laboratories have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that detects intestinal parasites in stool samples more quickly and accurately than traditional methods, potentially ...

The parasites that cause 200 million cases of malaria each year can withstand feverish temperatures that make their human hosts miserable. Now, a team is beginning to understand how they do it. The ...