A team from the Wood Lab, a UW lab that researches aquatic parasite ecology, traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico this summer ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

Vinegar may soon do more than dress your salad — it could help save lives. Scientists in Norway and Australia found a way to “supercharge” its antibacterial power using cobalt-based carbon ...

This invasive tick, which is usually found in grassy or woody areas, carries a number of diseases and can pose a risk to both ...

Several UC San Diego-led projects take a closer look at the safety and sustainability of seafood. If you spend any time in ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized emergency use of Elanco Animal Health's chewable tablet to treat ...

Trypanosomatids are parasites that can result in more than 1 billion potentially fatal infections per year globally. In ...

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on ...

Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers ...

Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing ...

This video breaks down the terrifying reality of Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm freshwater ...

Lasius orientalis and Lasius umbratus—invade and overtake a host ant colony. In both cases, the parasitic ant queen invades the nest and sprays the host colony queen with what is likely formic acid.