“My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant,” Kenji Suetsugu, a botanist at Kobe University in ...

In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or defense that one-ups the competition. But sometimes, as in the corporate ...

Parasitism is a common life strategy in the natural world; how they will fare under climate change remains to be seen ...

Early birds may get worms, but livestock farmers planning fly control in winter benefit by preventing a population explosion ...

Ever notice how some gardens seem to thrive with fewer pests and more blooms? The secret often lies in attracting the right ...

The larvae, or spargana, of S. mansoni cause a parasitic infection called sparganosis. This infection is most common in eastern Asia, and people often acquire the parasites by eating raw or ...

A tiny parasitic wasp turns the Tussock moth caterpillar into a living nursery, laying eggs that hatch and feed inside the host while it continues its daily life — unaware of its fate.

From wasps that turn spiders into living incubators to aquatic hunters that drink their victims like smoothies, here are five gruesome, deadly animals that consume their prey from within – proof that ...

This video exposes the shocking parasitic process behind the jewel wasp’s alien-like reproduction. Scientists show how the wasp turns a living cockroach into a helpless host for its developing larvae.

A new species of parasitic wasp has been obtained from the eggs of weevils, associated with bushwillows, collected and identified by Dr. Silvano Biondi. Given the tiny insect from northeastern Gabon ...