The shells on which the scientists found the worm traces belonged to an ancestor of modern clams that thrived during the ...

Ancient fossils unearthed in Morocco reveal parasitic worms burrowing into mollusc shells approximately 480 million years ago ...

A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds ...

Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an emerging danger from the tiny worms that can cause blindness. The black bear ...

Parasites are dangerous creatures that survive off their hosts. Here are 12 common parasites that feed on the human body.

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. There are more parasites than any other organism on Earth—which is one of the reasons Emmitt Jolly finds ...

Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full ...