Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you need to ... But hookworms were worthy of their own entry on our list because they are a bit scarier than other roundworms.

When animals on the CITES protection list are seized by the authorities ... It isn't a pleasant role, but parasites are sometimes called on as expert witnesses in cases of animal or human neglect.

The movie imagines mutated parasites taking over the bodies of humans to wreak havoc on an idyllic town. Breathe easy, though—in reality, Cymothoa exigua, the parasitic isopod in question ...

The underreporting of parasitical infections in humans caused by Spirometra reveals a gap in public health awareness in Brazil, making the discovery of the parasite in jaguars a key breakthrough ...