Latest about parasites
Meet the 'vampire' parasite that masquerades as a living tongue
Digital models of a fish skull revealed a parasitic stowaway inside its mouth: a "tongue biter" isopod that consumed and then replaced the fish's tongue.
Evolution turned this fish into a 'penis with a heart.' Here's how.
Anglerfish are literally missing part of their immune system, but this allows them to permanently fuse during sex, new research suggests
Mind-controlling fungus makes zombie cicadas lure other cicadas to a zombie fate
Not only does the fungus Massospora infect cicadas, eat their bodies and turn them into mind-controlled zombies, it forces them to attract more cicada victims.
Woman's sore throat was really a worm living in her tonsil
A woman's sore throat turned out to have a rare — and horrifying — cause.
Cambrian fossils show oldest example of parasites in action
Fossil brachiopods from China were crusted with parasites, which may have hijacked their hosts' feeding structures in order to steal their dinner.
'First species discovered on Twitter' is a parasitic fungus that dines on millipede genitals
Researchers discovered a new species while looking at Twitter photos. They have named the parasite Troglomyces twitteri.
'Mind-control' cat parasite has now reached Hawaii's parks
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii has been found on Oahu, Hawaii public lands for the first time.
'Shocked' scientists find brain parasites in baby lizards still in shells
Scientists found parasitic worms in the brains of lizard embryos. How did they get there?
