Scientists uncover rare parasitic snails living inside sea cucumbers in Japan—offering new insights into unusual animal relationships.

A chilling discovery in the deep waters off the South Sandwich Islands reveals a strange, blood-sucking phenomenon. Parasites ...

In 2022, Ralston discovered a major reason behind the parasite’s tenacity: the amoeba develops an ability to evade a crucial part of the human immune system known as complement proteins.

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea. But sometimes ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea.

A rare amoeba caused Brooklyn McCasland to go blind in one eye — and she’s still struggling with the parasitic infection Kennedy News and Media Parasites burrowed into a Texas woman’s eye ...

Wild Encounters. Brain-Eating Amoeba: How to Survive an Encounter with This Deadly Parasite! Posted: September 7, 2024 | Last updated: September 7, 2024 ...

BRITS could be at risk of contracting a “brain-eating amoeba” when swimming, an expert has warned. Amoebas are single-cell organisms and Naegleria fowleri in particular lurks in rivers,… ...

The amoeba cannot survive in salt water and cannot spread from one person to another. Unfortunately, the prognosis is not good for naegleria fowleri, which carries a 97% mortality rate. 4 ...

A three-year study in Kolkata found a new amoeba pathogen, Entamoeba moshkovskii, is now the leading cause of amoebic infections in humans. It was found to be the predominant pathogen causing ...