Parasite of the Day

Photo by Inken Kruse  via the Hare Lab Some parasites can manipulate their host's behaviour in very spectacular ways , but there are...

Parasitism is the most common mode of life on Earth and it can found everywhere, in all kinds of environments. Even in extreme places such d...

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...