They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Archaeologists analyzing a Roman sewer at Vindolanda uncover evidence soldiers lived with chronic gut parasites despite ...

From polygamous tree toads to heavy stick bugs, this year’s extensive new species discoveries are changing the way we see our ...

Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall weren’t just defending the frontier—they were also battling parasites that made daily life ...

An analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, has shown that the ...

Utah now has 142 measles cases, including 101 in the Southwest Utah health region. Utah County now has 16 cases. The six new cases reported yesterday were in Utah County among children under age 18.

Raccoon roundworm has now spread to nine European countries, raising the risk of human infection, according to a review and analysis by Goethe University researchers published in Parasitology Research ...

Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination ...

This protozoan causes dysentery and is notoriously difficult to detect in archaeological samples because, unlike worms, it ...

Scientists claim that mature roundworms which live in the small intestine of raccoons can produce upto 180,000 eggs every day, that can enter the environment through their stools.