Parasite of the Day

The electric eel , also known as poraquê , is a formidable animal. Not only is it capable of stunning its prey with an electrifying shock, ...

Deserts can be challenging environments to live in, doubly so when you are a parasitic plant that has to latch onto the roots of a specific ...

Myxozoans  are a group of single-celled parasites which had evolved from jellyfish-like ancestors, thus making them a type of single-celled ...

Student guest post time! One of the assessments that I set for students in my ZOOL329 Evolutionary Parasitology class is for them to write a...

Dracunculidae is a family of worms with a nasty reputation. Most of this is due to Dracunculus medinensis , also known as the Guinea Worm w...

Sacculina pilosella is a parasite of spider crabs ( Scyra ferox ), and while it is technically a barnacle, you're going to have to aban...

The bonefish  is a popular recreational species for catch-and-release fishing. It is targeted by anglers using fly rods or light tackle, an...

The deep sea is home to unique communities of organisms, and wherever there is life, there are parasites, and deep sea habitats such as hydr...

Imagine an infectious disease that turns you into an immobile white statue - while that sounds like something out of a dystopian science fic...

Sometimes parasites get their own parasites too, and if you think that "enemy of my enemy is my friend", then you'd think this...