Cattle producers are rethinking traditional parasite control methods, shifting toward more strategic treatments to prevent drug resistance, Kansas State University beef cattle experts say. “In the ...

An unassuming single-celled organism called Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most successful parasites on Earth, infecting an estimated 11 percent of Americans and perhaps half of all people worldwide.

Why do parasites harm their hosts? That's a question evolutionary biologists ask as they try to predict how a parasite might ...

Dear Dr. Othieno, Thanks so much for your insightful articles on animal health. I am a farmer from Kajiado County. I have lately noticed that many flies disturb my animals, I am not sure I can do ...

Theileria, a tick-borne parasite impacting cattle, may be spreading across Kansas in more ways that originally believed. The ...

In a macabre discovery, scientists have found that a parasite, which creates armies of zombie ants, does so by hijacking their bodies—not their brains as was previously thought. The fungal parasite ...

A Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst. The pathogen is one of the most common infectious parasites in the world and could lay dormant in up to half of the world's population, as well as almost any ...

Dodder, a parasitic plant that causes major damage to crops in the US and worldwide every year, can silence the expression of genes in the host plants from which it obtains water and nutrients. This ...

Two new studies show how climate influences behavior, communication, and genome evolution—driving adaptation in a ...

Climate shapes how ants and parasite interact, fight, and evolve as temperature and humidity drive behavior and genetic ...

Parasites like fleas, ticks and worms pose year-round risks to pets and families. Vets advise tailored, consistent prevention to keep ...