An ecologist shares his passion for parasites. From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are natural wonders worthy of protection.

Strange things are afoot at CES, where we threw some unusual items at TSA's in-development airport scanner to see what it ...

Ever noticed those irritating transparent worm-shaped objects floating around in your line of sight? As soon as you focus on them, they disappear. As soon as you look away, they come right back.

Parasite, zombie, leech - these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, ...

If you met him in person, David Lynch came across as a Midwestern pastor, all gee-whiz and aw-shucks. He was one of the few ...

Australia is home to some truly unique and unexpected creatures, but few are quite as strange and fascinating as the platypus ...

The neurons in the octopus's arms are concentrated along an axial nerve cord that undulates down the length of each arm, with ...

Parasites that cause the deadly illness known as sleeping sickness can spread beyond their native Africa as a result of mutations to key genes, a study shows. The findings reveal that climate ...

Voice 1: Mammals that can breathe through their backsides, homing pigeons that can guide missiles and sober worms that outpace drunk ones: these are some of the strange scientific discoveries that ...