A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to ...

A parasite that is most widely known for its existence in cat feces could be a delivery system for proteins that target neurological disorders, a new study has found. Researchers successfully targeted ...

River otters are unequivocally cute. But their eating habits are not so adorable. Most animals—humans included—separate the place where they defecate from the place where they eat. But river otters ...

Male fertility is on a decline worldwide—and cat poop might have something to do with it. New research suggests that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite spread primarily through infected cat feces, ...

As pet parents, we prioritize keeping our furry family members happy and healthy. Yet worms in pets often get overlooked, ...

A parasite that makes rodents unafraid of cats could be giving people the courage to become entrepreneurs, researchers told NBC News. People infected with Toxoplasma gondii were more likely to have ...

New research finds that a popular class of antiparasitics can linger in pet feces for quite some time, potentially posing a danger to poop-loving bugs in the wild.

But it all starts with dogs and their wild cousins, which are definitive hosts for neospora. After a dog eats infected ...

My vet said that it looked like roundworms but that using the heartworm preventative that I have should have prevented that.