Move over, Game of Thrones—ants can turn armies against their leaders and use subterfuge to take over entire kingdoms, too. This chilling discovery did not originate with a professional scientist, but ...

Found in a forest outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the plant steals nutrients from subterranean fungi. By Douglas Main A bizarre plant was discovered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the periphery of a ...

New species of the plants are still being discovered, and their parasitic biology is being probed for potential cancer treatments. Mistletoe is shown with a ribbon in sunlight. This plant comes in ...

Ancient Romans in Britain were riddled with intestinal parasites that spread through human feces. Roundworms and whipworms both live in the intestine and cause various ailments, including abdominal ...

Earlier this fall, the New World screwworm – the flesh-burrowing larva of a blowfly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) – was detected in cattle in Mexico just 70 miles from the U.S. border. Most recently, in ...

Sorbitol, a popular sugar-free sweetener, may not be as harmless as its label suggests. Researchers found it can be turned into fructose in the liver, triggering effects similar to regular sugar. Gut ...

Parasitic plants are notorious agricultural pests that drain nutrients from crops and cause economic losses of more than USD 1 billion due to yield losses every year. Yet these plants almost never ...

Analysis of latrine sediments at the Roman fort of Vindolanda has revealed that at least three parasites were widespread among Roman soldiers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments ...