Three disease-causing parasites found in cat and human faeces may be able to hitch-hike on microplastics to reach the sea, where they could potentially cause illness in marine life. We already know ...

A new analysis of ancient faeces found at the site of a prehistoric village near Stonehenge has uncovered evidence of the eggs of parasitic worms, suggesting the inhabitants feasted on the internal ...

Fossilised faeces of a crocodile-like predator living 200 million years ago reveal the animal was infected with multiple parasite species. Evidence of ancient parasites is notoriously hard to find in ...

Study of ancient faeces found at a settlement thought to have housed builders of the famous stone monument suggests that parasites got consumed via badly-cooked cow offal during epic winter feasts. A ...