Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Researchers from Auburn University, in a landmark collaboration with Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), the world's ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that drives the parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris to insert organs into plants after making contact with the hosts.

Researchers show that the immune system can recognize and control the latent stage of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, a finding that can inform the study of latency in other infections of the nervous ...

Jefferson County Public Health has just alerted the public that a third raccoon this year has tested positive for rabies. In ...

In the US, threadworms can also refer to the parasitic worm Strongyloides stercoralis. (jarun011/Getty Images) The circle of life for a threadworm is simple. Their larvae come from ingested eggs that ...

"Raccoons carry other zoonotic diseases, which are those diseases that can be transmitted between people and animals. One such example is the parasitic ... or in the brain resulting in various ...

Suffolk County officials say they have another rabid raccoon case, nearly two months after reporting their first such case in more than 15 years. Health officials say a dead raccoon found in ...

My job, like many of yours, demands more from my brain than it is biologically capable of. The philosophical argument that phones, the internet, and AI tools are extensions of our minds Why humans ...

Parasite, on the other hand, reads to audiences as satirical and tongue-in-cheek, even though it’s filled to the brim with close-ups, because as duplicitous as its poor, domestic helper ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

According to one physiology expert, a little-known parasite — hookworms — could instead be crawling in your gut. 'Inflammation in the small intestine triggered by the infestation can ...