Researchers have identified the human enzyme APEH as a crucial activator of antimalarial prodrugs, paving the way for more ...

Parasites that burst forth from a vine. Others seem woven out of fantasy: translucent white ghosts, blooms born of fire.

Parasites can cause digestive issues, fatigue, skin problems, anemia, and more. Symptoms vary, often mistaken for other ...

Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called ...

The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.

"One way to stop the spread of diseases transmitted by insects is to make the blood of animals and humans toxic," according ...