Earwigs, small, elongated insects with distinctive pincers at the rear of their abdomens, have little reason to enter open ...

Scientists have revealed a parasite's role in boosting male insect appeal by modulating host processes to facilitate female attraction, thereby enhancing the parasite's own transmission and survival.

Sixty years ago, a tiny insect nearly vanished from American soil. Now, after decades of quiet, the New World screwworm has ...

Scientists may have discovered a way to lessen risk of cancer in stem cells… using a parasitic piece of DNA from insects known as “piggyBac” that’ll cut and paste itself overwriting the disease.

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A microscopic parasitic worm living in the soil has figured out how to weaponize static electricity against its insect prey. The worm, Steinernema carpocapsae, lives in a world too small for sight, ...

Most people living with Chagas disease are unaware of their diagnosis, often until it’s too late to have effective treatment," an infectious disease expert said ...