Using heatmaps, CU Boulder researchers find that certain parasites congregate in certain parts of amphibians’ bodies, often to dire physical consequences Trematodes, also known as flukes, are a class ...

Parasitic worms may possess warrior castes just as social insects do — fearsome soldiers that rip and swallow enemies with their mouths to protect their colonies. These bloodsucking worms could shed ...

Blood flukes represent a diverse group of parasitic trematodes that exhibit complex lifecycles intricately linked to marine host species. Predominantly infecting the circulatory system of fish, these ...

Scientists have predicted that the rate of foodborne trematode infections will remain stable up to 2030. Foodborne trematodiases, including clonorchiasis, fascioliasis, fasciolopsiasis, ...

July 20 (UPI) --A study of ancient clam fossils suggests rising seas could once again encourage parasite infestations in brackish water ecosystems. Trematodes, commonly known as flukes, infect ...

In the body of a snail, a war is waging. It’s so violent that the only reason there isn’t blood everywhere is that the combatants don’t have any blood. The fighters are flatworms, simple parasites ...