Scientists have discovered a new Amazonian spider with an astonishing disguise: it looks like a parasitic fungus. The species ...
Scientists say the "hyperparasite" preys on "zombie fungus" known to infect insects before subjecting them to a gruesome ...
The parasitic deer fly, deer ked (Lipoptena andaluciensis) loses its wings and eyesight after it settles on a host and burrows into the hair.
New research shows that parasitic nematodes, responsible for infecting more than a billion people globally, carry viruses that may solve the puzzle of why some cause serious diseases. New research ...
Scientists have discovered Taczanowskia waska, an Amazonian spider that mimics a parasitic fungus, the first known case of ...
Parasitic plants are extraordinary plants with unique physiology, ecology, and evolutionary histories, and little is known about their origin and evolution. Initially, certain autotrophs evolved to be ...
A new tracker website has been launched to act as a "one-stop shop" for everything you need to know about a potentially ...
The New World screwworm was eliminated from the U.S. in 1966 through the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), but outbreaks that began in Central America in 2023 have spread northward, with new livestock ...