When most people think of spiders, the word ‘friend’ may be one of the last ones to come to mind. However, if you were a ...

Parasitism: Rafflesia, the world’s largest flower, takes water and nutrients from the host plant it grows on.

Fascinating animal teamwork in Costa Rica where camera traps capture rare interspecific interactions between boat-billed herons, American crocodiles, and flocks of birds benefiting from army ants.

An international student contest is being held for a series of three landmark new architectural installations at the ...

More information: Shen-Huan Liang et al, The hyphal-specific toxin candidalysin promotes fungal gut commensalism, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07142-4 ...

The ants get a readily available food source, and the aphids receive much-needed protection. Besides mutualistic symbiosis, other types, such as commensalism and parasitism, are prevalent in the ...

These biological relationships are essential to ecosystem functioning and can manifest in various forms, including mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. Each type represents a unique form of ...

Herpetologists study some of the most complex, misunderstood creatures on Earth. These photos from the 2025 edition of the ...

Objective The human gut fungal community, known as the mycobiome, plays a fundamental role in the gut ecosystem and health. Here we aimed to investigate the determinants and long-term stability of gut ...

Face mites, also known as Demodex folliculorum (D. folliculorum) are microscopic tick-like organisms. These demodex mites aren't visible on the face. They live in the hair follicles in your skin, ...