"The wasp lays its eggs inside the pest, and the developing larvae consume it from within." Experts stunned after parasitic ...

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in ...

Detailed in a study published on October 16 in the journal Science, biologists collaborating across multiple universities in ...

Children have returned to school and are bringing home stories about the things they learned and the friends they made. But some parents are concerned they also could be bringing home a tiny nuisance: ...

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green adult beetle with a red abdomen. But few people ever actually see the insect itself — just the trail of ...

Microscopic parasitic worms use static electricity to pull themselves toward flying insects, turning physics into a powerful ...

The parasitic roundworm Steinernema carpocapsae, which live in soil, are already known to leap some 25 times their body ...

A U.S. case was reported in Maryland in August from an infested person who had traveled from El Salvador. Although it didn't ...

Parasitic diseases, which are passed on to people via parasites found in contaminated food, water, soil or bugs that bite humans, can be relatively uncommon in some parts of the world. In other ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...