The scientific wonderers at What If detail the horrifying physical takeover and the biological drain of a host being reshaped by a visitor from another world.

Influencers claim that “parasite cleanses” using herbal teas and DIY remedies can rid the body of toxins and worms. Medical ...

The “alien” is actually a potato. Specifically, it is a purple tuber nicknamed Spudnik-1, grown and photographed by Pettit.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tree tunnel in the Puna district of the island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island. (Peter Unger/Getty Images) The parasite ...

The parasite that causes rat lungworm disease, long associated with Hawaii, was detected in California at the San Diego Zoo, raising concerns that the debilitating illness could become more widespread ...

SAN DIEGO — Brain-eating worms known as "rat lungworm" have been found in San Diego County, the first time the parasitic worms have been found in any state west of Texas. According to new research ...

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent to destroy it. Yet most people never get sick, and new research from UVA ...

The New World screwworm is a flesh-eating parasite that infests open wounds on live animals and humans. While eradicated in the U.S. decades ago, the parasite is spreading north through Central ...

A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have recently found ...

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii cysts contain multiple parasite subtypes, not just one sleeping form.