An Australian study has shed light on a pest you’ve probably hosted at some point – and it has unearthed a new theory about ...

A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

A fossilized ant and fly preserved in 99-million-year-old amber have revealed one of the oldest known examples of parasitic ...

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, a physiologist at the University of California, Irvine, wanted to take a closer look at the ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay fish a hidden swampy lake despite deadly parasites. 'Massive betrayal': Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison ...

Balanophora may look like a mushroom, but instead of being a fungus, it's a parasitic plant with rare traits that puzzle ...

New species of the plants are still being discovered, and their parasitic biology is being probed for potential cancer ...

Despite rising inequality, poor job numbers, and Donald Trump’s mass deportations, the economy grew by a remarkable 4.3% last ...

Since Nov. 25, at least 10 new cases of incidents involving the New World screwworm fly have been confirmed within 400 miles ...

Members of the California agriculture community are just as worried as their counterparts in Texas, where an outbreak could ...