These examples of parasite introductions and removals provide a rare glimpse into how ecosystem structure can be dramatically altered when parasites regulate populations of functionally important ...

Predation, herbivory, and parasitism coexist within ecological communities. How do these interactions create dynamic, ever-changing biological systems?

Gizmodo: You detail so many different examples of zombie parasitism that the average person might wonder; is this something I should ever be worried about?

Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms ...

But they found that the origins of sexual parasitism coincided with anglerfishes’ transition to the deep sea, although they could not determine which of the two forms of parasitism — temporary ...

Ancient Cambrian fossils have preserved the oldest known example of parasites in action. More than 500 million years ago in what is now southern China, tubelike parasites clung to the shells of ...

Discovering 'pirate parasitism': Wasps can successfully exploit unsuitable hosts with help from another species by University of Tsukuba Editors' notes ...

This behavior, called brood parasitism, is observed in fishes, frogs, and birds, with the most famous example being that of the cuckoo. Such brood parasitism has now also been observed in the insect ...

These parasites can lead to human disease by acting as vectors of infectious pathogens. For example, Lyme disease is a bacterial infection passed to humans through a bite from an infected tick.

Parasites usually become so dependent on their hosts that they lose genes, traits, and body parts that they need for a free-living life. That’s why many organisms take up parasitism but very few ...

Yet taken together with the growing number of examples of host protection, it is clear – at least if you’re hosting a parasite – that the enemy of your enemy can indeed be your friend.

A post in a nightmare fueled lifestyle in a nightmarish hell scape…or a nice story of parasitic nematodes find in fishes at hydrothermal vents over at Parasite of the Day To land-dwelling humans, deep ...