Parasites, ranging from tapeworms to microscopic protozoa like Giardia, pose significant health threats by infesting humans ...

Parasites are dangerous creatures that survive off their hosts. Here are 12 common parasites that feed on the human body.

For a recent paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers investigated the odd physics of a ...

Imagine this: you accidentally lose an arm or a leg, and instead of rushing to the hospital, your body just grows it back.

The human body has good reason for its tighter controls. Cells that multiply unchecked are the roots of cancer. “Our hope is ...

The microscopic flatworm (Stenostomum brevipharyngium) is one of nature's weirder creatures. Chop off its head, and it'll ...

By Shelby Carroll N.C. Cooperative Extension Recently, I have received a variety of phone calls from homeowners and gardeners ...

But new research shows there’s another force working to their advantage: static electricity. At human scale, static electricity is little more than a curiosity. You walk across the carpet, friction ...

Stem cells, which drive regeneration, require a microenvironment in tissue called a niche, but not so much in this Mediterranean flatworm.

Shipworms are also reasonably nutritious. Willer’s own analyses have found that naked clams are high in DHA omega acid, ...

Filming the scene "triggered something so deep in me where I was just, like, I was weeping," recalled Megan Fox ...

President Jimmy Carter, the Carter Center and LifeStraw have waged a war against Guinea Worm disease since 1986. We're now closer than ever to completely eradicating an ancient disease from the planet ...