Parasite of the Day

Extreme weather events can cause significant changes to ecosystems and their inhabitants. When Hurricane Iris  made landfall at Belize , it ...

A little over a year ago, I wrote a post about Bivitellobilharzia loxodontae  - a species of blood fluke that lives in the African forest el...

When it comes to reproduction, most living things can be classified along a scale. At one end, you have the r-strategists (many insects and ...

Invasive species can be very disruptive - cane toads , rabbits , water hyacinth , and zebra mussels  are just a few well-known examples of s...

Hairworms are known for their ability to make their host go for an impromptu (and terminal) swim in a stream or a pond, but by doing that t...

Photo is of a related species, Daubaylia malayanum from here .  For a parasite, the host provides provides food, shelter, and a site f...

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...