In a new study, researchers discovered a key process where malarial parasites take up a human blood cell ... Discovery of a Common 'Weapon' Used by Disease-Causing Fungi Could Help Engineer More ...

Directly beneficial insects include pollinators and insect predators and parasites of pests. Other insects provide humans with material goods such as honey (honey bees), silk (silk moths), dyes ...

Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite. Researchers have discovered novel elicitor proteins, Tet3 and Tet4, in mite ...

suzukii's defenses. "We set out to identify natural parasites of D. suzukii and learn how they overcome the pest's considerable defenses," says first author Lan Pang, a postdoctoral researcher at ...

Intestinal parasites, which many preventions offer protection against, are diagnosed year-round, particularly in puppies and ...

Scientists from the University of Tennessee have made a major breakthrough in understanding how tomato plants respond to root-knot nematodes, a parasitic pest that contributes to significant crop ...

Parasitoid is the name given to insects that behave like parasites but always kill their host. Farmers take advantage of the fact that certain parasitoids naturally prey on particular species of crop ...

To control some of these pests, scientists are developing males ... Mosquitoes carry viruses such as dengue, West Nile and Zika, as well as parasites that cause malaria. Researchers estimate ...