The gastrointestinal parasitism in non-human primates represents a complex and dynamic facet of wildlife health with far‐reaching implications for conservation and public health. Researchers have ...

Comprehensive genetic mapping of Plasmodium knowlesi, a zoonotic parasite that causes malaria, has revealed the genes required for malaria infection of the blood, and those driving drug resistance. By ...

Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crystals ...

Timothy Brown is a member of the IUCN Parasite Specialist Group. Andrew Cunningham and Simon Goodman do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...

An ecologist shares his passion for parasites. From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are natural wonders worthy of protection.

Proof of Concept is a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research. When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle ...