Parasite of the Day

As far as parasitic nematodes go, pinworms are comparatively benign. Whereas Ascaris roundworms go tearing through your organs and can bloc...

Today we're featuring a guest post by Sean O’Callaghan - a student from 4th year class of the Applied Freshwater and Marine Biology'...

Today we're featuring a guest post by Niamh Dalton - a student from 4th year class of the Applied Freshwater and Marine Biology' deg...

It is no secret that I am a big fan of parasitic isopods , especially those in the Cymothoidae family - the most well-known of which is th...

It's been another year and as usual there were many interesting studies on various parasites that were published in peer-reviewed journa...

A few months ago, I wrote about a snail that forms galls in the spines of sea urchins , and while most people might not think of snails as p...

Most parasites are very picky about what host they infect. Even those that can infect a number of different host species usually parasitise ...

Cat fleas ( Ctenocephalides felis ) is a parasite that everyone would be familiar with one way or the other. It is found worldwide and is th...

The forests around Ithaca, New York is the scene of an arthropod murder mystery. The killer seems to cover their track well and leave no obv...

Some of you might have heard of the infamous parasitic barnacle Sacculina carcini which infects crabs and take over their bodies. These barn...