Parasites are organisms that feed off their hosts for survival. Such parasitic creatures can cause mild to serious symptoms ...

Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an emerging danger from the tiny worms that can cause blindness. The black bear ...

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

Father Daniel Hendrickson, Creighton University President, gives a tour of the Jérôme Nadal, SJ, Jesuit Residence at Creighton University in Omaha on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Parasitic worms such as ...

A cheetah pouncing on a gazelle. A bear snatching a fish out of the water with its claws. And the most dangerous predator of them all? A human and their pet bird dancing to “Gangnam Style.” Scientists ...

A representation of single-cell RNA sequencing data from two species of worms, C. elegans (left) and C. briggsae (right). Each point represents a single cell, arranged such that cells from the same ...

An invasive, dog-killing parasite is now lurking in Southern California. In new research this week, scientists say they’ve confirmed the newfound spread of the flatworm Heterobilharzia americana to ...

Researchers recently found over 100 species of ribbon worm, most of which are new to science, off of the coast of Oman. Photo courtesy of Svetlana Maslakova (Florida Museum of Natural History) ...