Scientists have found proof that a parasite still troubling oysters today was already up to its old tricks nearly half a ...

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

Spionids are small, soft-bodied marine bristle worms that live inside the shells of mussels and oysters. Unlike parasites ...

Rare fossils reveal that worms managed to survive multiple mass extinction events. A recent scientific investigation has ...

Microscopic analysis of thin sections of a coprolite found organic structures identified as the egg of a parasitic nematode worm and additional worm eggs or some sort of protozoan cyst. Photo by ...

Researchers have reconstructed the evolutionary history and global spread of malaria over the past 5,500 years, identifying trade, warfare, and colonialism as major catalysts for its dispersal.

Ancient reptilian carnivores that resembled modern crocodiles were fearsome hunters, but their scaly armor and sharp teeth couldn’t protect them from parasites, scientists have discovered.

A multidisciplinary study published in Nature has elucidated the structure of the machinery responsible for writing much of our “dark genome” — the 98 percent of our DNA that has largely unknown ...

Researchers have recently unearthed coprolites, or fossilized feces, from Mexico’s ‘Cave of the Dead Children’ that date back 1,300 years. These ancient excrements are teeming with parasites, shedding ...

Ancient feces are a valuable source of information on the intestinal parasites of past populations. Microbial DNA is known to survive in stool samples, but analysis of ancient feces has historically ...

The best drug to fight malaria is facing increased resistance from the parasites it fights. Now there's an alternative in the ...

Scientists have found evidence of ancient parasites preserved in the dung of an aquatic predator from more than 200 million years ago. The ancient predator -- believed to be an extinct crocodile-like ...