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Zombie animals: 10 real-life cases of body-snatchingZombie movies have it all wrong. Parasites are the real zombie killers.
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10 ways to avoid summer tick bitesExperts shared tips with Live Science on how to protect yourself from tick bites and reduce your risk of tick-borne diseases.
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Humpback whales caught on film for 1st time treating themselves to a full body scrub on the seafloorNew footage shows, for the first time, how humpbacks scrub off dead skin and parasites to stay streamlined and keep their skin healthy.
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'Mind-control' parasite Toxoplasma hides from the immune system with 2 key genesA single-cell parasite relies on two genes that boost each other's activity to switch into "defense mode" when attacked by the immune system.
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Tick-borne parasite is spreading in the Northeast, CDC saysA tick-borne illness called babesiosis is spreading in the northeastern U.S.
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'Supergene' mutation turned ants into parasitic wannabe queensScientists have identified a mutant strain of clonal raider ants that look like miniature queens and evolved quickly because of a single "supergene" mutation.
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Fatal 'brain-eating' amoeba successfully treated with repurposed UTI drugDoctors successfully treated a patient's rare brain infection with a drug typically used for UTIs.
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10 surprising facts about the 'mind-control' parasite Toxoplasma gondiiT. gondii is one of the most common infectious parasites on Earth, but it is also one of the most interesting to learn about.
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Cunning Weed Sniffs Out VictimsWhen the stringy dodder plant emerges, it bobs and sways to find the perfect host plant, then sucks the life out of it. See the video.
