Wealth and status were no protection from parasitic infections in 19th century New Hampshire, samples from an excavated outhouse reveal.

A model could help drive down Guinea worm disease in dogs to prevent it from crossing back over to humans after it was almost wiped out.

Even the most mutually-beneficial evolutionary relationship can turn sour.

Finches have evolved to feed off blood from red-footed and Nazca boobies – and we've seen it first-hand.

Finches have evolved to feed off blood from red-footed and Nazca boobies – and we've seen it first-hand.

Cells that researchers don't usually think of as having to do with the immune system may actually play a key early role in alerting the body to infection.

Two newly discovered species of fungi infect flies and then get them to rain down spores to infect others before they die, researchers have found.

The reality TV show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here is under fire for using non-native insects while filming in the Welsh countryside.

Researchers have discovered a new species of wasp with a role in an insect horror story playing out on the stems and leaves of oak trees.

Prior exposure to powdery mildew makes plants more vulnerable to subsequent disease, research finds.