No one likes cat poop, and now, unfortunately, no species can seem to escape the icky substance. Toxoplasma gondii or T. gondii is a parasite that causes a disease called toxoplasmosis. The parasite ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Male fertility is on a decline worldwide—and cat poop might have something to do with it. New research suggests that Toxoplasma ...

Toxoplasmosis is a disease that's killing off native animals and marine life, and some experts believe cats may be to blame. Experts at a public forum held at the University of Hawaii Saturday ...

A toxic parasite "very different from anything" experts have seen before has killed four California sea otters and they're concerned it could spread to other marine life and even humans. Melissa ...

We all have at least one friend who posts nothing but cat pictures to their social media feeds and can't make it through lunch without at least a few stories about their beloved feline. Maybe that ...

Scientists in California are raising the alarm after four sea otters were killed by an unusual strain of a common parasite spread by cats, a concerning but preliminary finding that researchers told ...

This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientist Melissa Miller was seeing something in California sea otters that she had not seen before: an ...

Cats have always been that furry friend that provide a form of stress relief and companionship. But a new study links them to the exact opposite. Researchers from the University of Chicago have found ...

Four southern sea otters observed stranded off the coast of California near Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo between February 2020 and March 2022 were diagnosed with fatal protozoal steatitis and ...