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In a new study, University of Georgia scientists found hotter temperatures make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to ...

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Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

New research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) warns that hybrid forms of the parasites that cause ...

Wits scientists have identified a "microbial watchlist" of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites that could cause cancer.

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Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.

A dog in the San Fernando Valley was found to have Baylisascaris, or raccoon roundworm, eggs in its system during a routine ...