Chickens are fascinating animals. Not only are they a close relative of dinosaurs, but they have complex communication, great ...

Chinook salmon and steelhead eggs are collected at the Little Manistee River site in northern Michigan. The new barrier will ...

A spokesperson for the NPS is shutting down rumors of large wildlife migrations after a string of Instagram and TikTok clips alarmed some animal lovers ...

Sickness, not stubbornness, is the most likely explanation for the animal’s “unusual behaviors,” which prompted the unusually ...

It’s pretty rare, but just like us mammals, some flies actually give live birth. One of them is a parasitic fly species Ormia ochracea ( O. ochracea ). A new study published this week in the Annals of ...

A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially ...

Summary: New research highlights how parasitic infections can alter brain chemistry and behavior in humans. Toxoplasma gondii, among others, appears to manipulate dopamine and immune responses, ...

More than a decade ago, a professor in China exploring a karst cave discovered five small white horsehair worms, a parasitic animal, but lost the specimens, according to a study published May 5 in ...

New World screwworm flies are pests that can endanger the country's livestock and food supply if not properly eradicated.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Board of Animal Health wants to prevent the New World Screwworm from coming to the state.

By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...

Ticks are tiny parasites that feed on the blood of humans and animals. Adult ticks typically measure about 3 to 5 millimeters in length, based on their age, sex and species. Because of their ...