This plant, called a fairy lantern, is a parasite that steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell ...
A medical student hopes her award-winning invention for detecting a deadly water parasite could save thousands of people from the risk of infection.
UCCE experts urge producers to monitor their animals for signs of the parasite, which has been moving north from Central and South America.
A series of compounds that deprive iron essential for a parasitic worm could provide effective new agents for blocking ...
People may become infected when they eat unwashed produce hiding the mollusks. Home-growing food and keeping pets also raises the risk.
Why do parasites harm their hosts? That's a question evolutionary biologists ask as they try to predict how a parasite might ...
An often deadly parasite to some types of animals has been found for the first time in the province, according to a First ...
A resilient raccoon-carried parasite is rapidly spreading across Europe, posing a significant neurological risk to humans, ...
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What is raccoon roundworm? Parasite posing severe neurological threat to humans now found in nine European countries
Scientists claim that mature roundworms which live in the small intestine of raccoons can produce upto 180,000 eggs every day ...
Dig Deeper is an ongoing series that delves into the stories behind plants and fungi you know and love. Meet experts from Kew ...
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