Kevin Liévano-Romero abandoned a veterinary career in Colombia to move to the United States, where he studies feared but ...

Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century. An analysis from 1992 noted a steady decrease in sperm ...

Rise of the Zombie Bugs, by Mindy Weisberger, is a non-fiction book that borrows from popular culture to make one of the most ...

Some of nature’s creepiest creatures don’t just survive – they take over. In this episode, we explore the parasites that turn their hosts into real-world zombies. From mind-controlling fungi in ants ...

And the nightmarish cycle begins anew. Other parasites have taken more careful control of their hosts, switching zombie states on and off like a light switch. The lancet liver fluke lives its ...

where ants become exposed to another fungal parasite that takes over their bodies and spreads to other ants. Once the spider reaches an ideal spot, the fungus kills its host and releases spores ...

Toxoplasma: Some sperm cells had holes in their head, suggesting the parasites were trying to invade them as it would any ...

And there are parasites that go the extra mile to ensure their eggs aren’t detected and rejected: They mimic the look of the eggs of their hosts. In some birds, such as cuckoo finches ...

“These results highlight a striking shift in the ecological health of the Indian River Lagoon,” McCoy said. “The ...

One group of bacteria have figured out how to colonize the nuclei of their hosts, a remarkable feat given that the nucleus is the control center of the cell. This intranuclear parasite ...