It’s gut-wrenching when the almost-ready-to-harvest lush lettuce and tender tomatoes that you’ve spent months painstakingly ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) believe they have uncovered the cause behind a massive and alarming ...

A new study has found that more than 90% of freshwater game fish in Southern California are carrying parasites that can ...

Chagas disease is often called a silent killer because many people don't realize they have it until complications from the ...

Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their ...

Humans have watched and learned from animals who treat their ills with bioactive plants. This animal wisdom has a scientific ...

Scientists have discovered that a molecule known for defending animal immune systems called itaconate also plays a powerful ...

Potatoes produce a molecule that is converted by microbes and causes potato parasites to hatch. The Kobe University discovery ...

Potatoes produce a molecule that is converted by microbes and causes potato parasites to hatch. The Kobe University discovery ...

The potato cyst nematode is a root parasite in plants like potatoes and tomatoes that can cause large-scale yield loss if left untreated. Centered around a newly identified, plant-produced chemical, ...

Hydnora looks like it came from another planet – but it’s very real, and very strange. This parasitic plant lives underground, has no leaves, and bursts out of the soil with a fleshy, alien-like ...