Head lice are considered a nuisance — a pest to be evicted from the hair on your head or the head of a loved one with a special comb or shampoo. But there's more to lice than their elimination. These ...

Marcus DeSieno, “Ascaris lumbricoides,” Archival Pigment Print from Dry Plate Gelatin Ferrotype (all photographs courtesy the artist) Tapeworms, leeches, lice, bedbugs, fleas, and ticks — the litany ...

Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, ...