A unique hybrid honeybee found only in Southern California has demonstrated the ability to survive attacks from deadly mites.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blue crab is so named because of its sapphire-tinted claws. Its shell, or carapace, is actually a mottled brownish color, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New World Screwworm flies are about the size of a common housefly, or slightly larger, with orange eyes, a metallic blue or green ...

If you live in Africa, parasitic worms and mosquitos are some of your worst enemies. Together, they infect millions of people, causing horrible diseases like river blindness or conditions like ...

University of Cincinnati graduate Joshua Carlson holds a container of uninfected kissing bugs, the insects responsible for transmitting the parasite responsible for Chagas disease. He was lead author ...

Southern California is home to a flying black and yellow treasure. While commercial honeybee hives nationwide are collapsing under attack from deadly ...

A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the immune system and drives severe disease in livestock. Researchers from the ...

A human case of flesh-eating screwworm was detected in the United States related to the latest outbreak of the parasite in Central America, according to officials. The patient had recently returned to ...

LMU-Scientists uncover key proteins that control how Toxoplasma gondii assembles the machinery it uses to invade host cells. Researchers at LMU, in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology ...