A newly detected parasite in Portugal hints at an emerging and little-understood risk in freshwater ecosystems.

Mississippi State University biologist Matthew W. Brown is part of an international research team whose latest findings, published this spring in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

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Officials are looking to combat the spread of a potentially deadly, flesh-eating parasite that is creeping uncomfortably ...

University of Florida scientists are putting out a BOLO for the winged insects known to spread a deadly, heartbreaking ...

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