Cretaceous amber has pushed back the evolutionary timeline of one of nature’s most bizarre parasitic relationships: the infamous “zombie-ant” fungi. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

The study has been published in the European Journal of Taxonomy and describes four previously unknown species of parasitoid wasps belonging to the genus, Idris Förster (Hymenoptera Scelionidae) ...

When two different species procreate, hybridization is at play. It is a practice that is not uncommon in the wild but is far ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

From forest edges and thickets on late spring mornings in the Northeast comes what sounds like an exhortation from across the ...

Arizona will support the national fight against the New World screwworm by bolstering border surveillance and training ...

A Miocene fish fossil with soft tissue and intact pigmentation has been discovered in New South Wales, revealing prehistoric ...

Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their hosts.

In a new article in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, we argue smartphones pose unique societal risks, which come into sharp focus when viewed through the lens of parasitism. What, exactly, is a ...

From mutualism to parasitism. Not all close species relationships are parasitic. Many organisms that live on or inside us are beneficial. Consider the bacteria in the digestive tracts of animals.

Professor Diji Aina On Factionalism, Economic Parasitism And State Fragility (2) For the humanistic scholar and thinker, man is the be-all and end-all of existence.