Parasite of the Day

There are 14000 known living species of blood-sucking animals, but while drinking blood has become a staple in many different lineages of an...

On December 25, 1643, Captain William Mynors and his crew aboard the ship the Royal Mary, sailed past a small island in the Malaysian archip...

Hymenolepis nana , or the dwarf tapeworm (only 40 mm long!), is thought to be the most common human cestode on the planet. Unusual amongst ...

This photo may exceed the “yuck factor” for some. Taenia taniaeformis is the common tapeworm of house cats and is also found in other speci...

As the quote on the top of the pages says, big fleas have little fleas. Well, the Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild 1903 (A...