A concerned resident discovered an invasive terrapin at Anton Lakes in Andover, England, raising alarm for local wildlife.

The Department of Agriculture on Wednesday halted cattle shipments from Mexico to the United States over concerns of the New World screwworm parasite's rapid spread.

People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows ...

Bugs found in 29 states, primarily Florida and Texas, may be invading homes and spreading a deadly parasite responsible for a ...

Sun exposure, bacterial infections and increased activity of parasite-carrying insects can all take a toll on livestock skin.

Just hearing the word “ticks” puts some people on edge as they consider the diseases the parasite sometimes gives to its ...

Coughing: Not all dogs will develop this symptom, but when the worms migrate through the body, they can damage the lungs and ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their ...

Related: 32 scary parasitic diseases Between 30% and 50% of the world's population is permanently infected with Toxoplasma due to the many ways the parasite can spread.

More than 90% of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contain an introduced parasite capable of infecting humans, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps ...