Parasite of the Day

Today's guest post is by Katie O'Dwyer , a PhD student currently at University of Otago in the Evolutionary and Ecological Parasitol...

Photo of C. inflatus from the paper I guess you could say that the parasite we are featuring today is a "balloon animal" and i...

It is hard to believe that it's already been another year again, and it was a particularly exciting year too, with a lot happening wit...

Images from the paper  While "many sucker-cups at the rear" sounds like the description for a Lovecraftian monstrosity, that i...

Photo of adult T. polycolpus from here Tracheliastes polycolpus is a parasitic copepod that lives on freshwater fish and does so by a...

There are many species of fungi that infect insects and some of the most well-known species are the ones that infect ants, better known to m...

Hornets can put fear into the minds of many people, but today meet the parasite that the hornets fear (if they are capable of fear). Sphaeru...

Photo of adult worm by Matthew Bolek The nematomorphs, or horsehair worms, are well-known for their ability to persuade their insect hos...

This is Part 2 of my report on the 24th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology ( W...

Last month, I attended the 24th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology ( WAAVP 201...