Australia's honeybees are facing an exceptional crisis. The tiny but devastating foreign pest Varroa destructor is steadily spreading across the country.

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests.

"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, ...

Discover effective ways to keep biting flies away with our comprehensive guide. Learn about preventive measures, natural and ...

The Allegheny County Health Department will begin trying to kill mosquitoes before they even take flight. Throughout April and continuing into May, the health department's Housing and Community ...

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature ...

Easter egg hunts are a beloved tradition, and there are so many festive ways to pull them off. Hunts can be simple to set up, they encourage kids to burn off sugar-fueled energy and it may be the ...

One particularly nasty strain, S. haematobium, infects over 110 million people around the world. One inside the body, the ...

New research suggests that an “often-overlooked” parasitic infection, already linked to bladder cancer, may also raise the risk of cervical cancer.

Looking at Kyla Fuller today it is almost impossible to imagine that she spent more than a decade desperately ill.

A French court sentenced eight people for smuggling eel larvae in a scheme worth over $2 million that prosecutors likened to ...