Parasitoid wasps sometimes lay eggs in unsuitable host insects, a behavior that has traditionally been considered accidental. However, researchers at the University of Tsukuba have discovered that ...

“We knew that many animals, including humans, can accumulate quite significant electrostatic charges,” said Dr. Sam England, who is a postdoctoral scientist at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, but ...

A post in a nightmare fueled lifestyle in a nightmarish hell scape…or a nice story of parasitic nematodes find in fishes at hydrothermal vents over at Parasite of the Day To land-dwelling humans, deep ...

Animals often get labeled as either predators or prey. But in the wild, survival isn’t always a one-animal job. Some species form partnerships that help them find food, avoid danger, or raise young.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To survive in the harsh wild, many animals turn to drastic measures for food. An example of this is a feeding strategy known as ...

Around 10,000 years ago, a parasite made a huge leap and found its way to a new host: Us. Around 10,000 years ago, somewhere in Africa, a microscopic parasite made a huge leap. With a little help from ...