Six lifestyle tips from parasitic bees
Here's the guide you didn't know you needed to being a successful cuckoo bee
Intestinal roundworm cells eat their own DNA as part of a healthy lifecycle
During their development, DNA off the ends of their chromosomes are chopped off and destroyed
Worms and germs in ancient poop tell us about past human health
DNA from centuries-old toilet scrapings can help us today
Nectar robbery by short-tongued bees is throwing off delicate pollination cycles
Nectar-robbing by bees leads to fewer visits by other pollinating insects, impacting flower reproductive success
Eating more fiber feeds whipworm parasites in our guts
New research shows that interactions between diet and parasites might make people with whipworm infection sicker
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Researchers develop a better test for the parasite that causes river blindness
The WHO estimates that 205 million people in African countries are at risk of infection
Cleaner fish learn how to steal a little mucus snack by watching adults
Fish preferred to cheat a bit when given the choice
Rainbow trout like this, along with salmon, make up 99% of Norwegian aquaculture.
Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Flickr
This fish parasite can power itself without oxygen
Meet Henneguya salminicola, a tiny animal that has upended our understanding of animal biology
A parasitic flatworm is one of nature's spookiest creatures
Leucochloridium paradoxum is a parasitic flatworm that uses both mind control and mimicry to trick birds into eating it
The unique chemistry of cats' guts make them the perfect host for Toxoplasma gondii
This information might allow Toxoplasma researchers to switch from lab cats to lab rats
New parasitic interaction discovered in Antarctic lakes
We still understand very little about life in Earth's most extreme environments
How to stop catfish from foisting their babies on you
Fish don’t have a reputation for smarts, but species that co-evolved with catfish know to avoid them
How one invasive plant can change a rainforest
The mountain apple's entry into Indonesia a century ago still threatens biodiversity there