Parasite of the Day

Parasites with complex life-cycles often use predator-prey interactions to facilitate their transmission. They have larval stages which infe...

Ophiocordyceps is a genus of fungi that is probably most well-known for their abilities to usurp and manipulate the behaviour of ants, whic...

While there is an oft-mentioned quote by evolutionary biologist JBS Haldane that God has an " Inordinate Fondness For Beetles ", i...

For most people, tapeworms are among the most recognisable types of parasites. The most commonly known species include the beef tapeworm , p...

Here's the second student guest posts from the third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329) class of 2020. This post was written ...

It's time for some student guest posts! One of the assessments I set for students in my ZOOL329 Evolutionary Parasitology class is for t...

In 2016, a group of crested geckoes in captivity suddenly got sick soon after they were transferred to a terrarium that previously held som...

Mosquitoes are mostly known for being blood-suckers. But despite that reputation, they actually spend most of their adult life  feeding on n...

Today, we are featuring a guest post from Marie Defraigne - she is an MSc student on the  IMBRSea  programme, and is currently working (albe...

Today, we are featuring a guest post by Juliette Villechanoux - an MSc student on the  IMBRSea   programme currently carrying out her profes...