A stealthy parasite behind deadly sleeping sickness has been caught using an astonishing trick to evade the human immune system. Credit: Shutterstock A deadly parasite stays hidden by shredding its ...

The tropical disease known as sleeping sickness is caused by the African Trypanosoma brucei parasite. For decades, scientists ...

A nasty parasite that is sometimes found in the water supply may soon be treatable, thanks to new research. This parasite, named cryptosporidium, is a single-celled organism that can cause a diarrheal ...

Read full article: Mother released on bond after arrest for telling child to walk to school 19 miles away A screenshot from the Feb. 19 Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD board meeting. Video from the ...

For decades, scientists have observed a clear pattern across the natural world: biodiversity tends to be higher near the equator and lower toward the poles. Known as the latitudinal diversity gradient ...

Microscope image of a live malaria parasite (guitar pick shape) inside a human red blood cell (large circle). The parasite that causes the deadly disease malaria is full of tiny crystals that ...