Human lice evolved alongside early humans, adapting to changes like reduced body hair and the development of clothing. While ...

Scientists unraveling the genetic history of head lice have found startling evidence that early humans mingled with a clan of hairy, distant cousins as recently as 25,000 years ago in Asia -- a ...

How well lice are able to latch onto pigeon flies and catch a lift to new bird hosts affects how the lice evolve. Lice species carried aloft by flies spread to more species and tend to speciate at ...

As school starts back up, so does the number of head lice cases. But humans have been dealing with the parasites for millennia—and that may continue indefinitely. Head lice are some of our oldest ...

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 ...

T. Dempster, K. Overton, S. Bui, L. H. Stien, F. Oppedal, Ø. Karlsen, A. Coates, B. L. Phillips and L. T. Barrett Sea cage fish farming is typically open to the ...