All Articles Tagged As: parasites

Researchers describe for first time how some bacteria kill males: They first invade the mother (9/29/2008)

Scientists have helped describe for the first time just how certain male-killing bacteria manage to specifically kill off males of a parasitic wasp. ...> Full Article

A bee's future as queen or worker may rest with parasitic tropical fly (7/29/2008)

A tiny parasitic fly is affecting the social behavior of a nocturnal bee, helping to determine which individuals become queens and which become workers. ...> Full Article

Parasites Outweigh Predators in Pacific Coast Estuaries (7/28/2008)

Findings have significant ecological and biomedical implications ...> Full Article

Mice mothers devote energies to offspring when life is threatened (5/29/2008)

A researcher has found that sick female deer mice devote their energy to producing healthier offspring ...> Full Article

Clue to mystery crustacean in parasite form (5/20/2008)

Y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century ...> Full Article

Monarch butterflies help explain why parasites harm hosts (5/17/2008)

Study of monarch butterflies and the microscopic parasites that hitch a ride on them finds that the parasites strike a middle ground between the benefits gained by reproducing rapidly and the costs to their hosts ...> Full Article

Research Team Uses Tiny Wasp to Wipe Out Major Agricultural Pest in Tahiti (3/15/2008)

Biological control decimates glassy-winged sharpshooter populations in French Polynesian islands ...> Full Article

Fungus, caterpillars and parasitic wasps (1/25/2008)

Understanding survival of a species can be a lot more complicated than meets the eye because ecosystems are so interrelated. ...> Full Article

New Findings Confirm Darwin's Theory: Evolution Not Random (1/21/2008)

According to Darwin's theory of evolution, individuals in a species pass successful traits onto their offspring through a process called "deterministic inheritance." Over multiple generations, advantageous developmental trends - such as the lengthening of the giraffe's neck - occur. ...> Full Article

Ant parasite turns host into ripe red berry, biologists discover (1/17/2008)

A newly discovered parasite so dramatically transforms its host, an ant, that the ant comes to resemble a juicy red berry, ripe for picking, according to a report accepted for publication in The American Naturalist. This is the first example of fruit mimicry caused by a parasite, the co-authors say. ...> Full Article

Wildebeest or malaria parasite - same rules determine number of offspring (1/16/2008)

Wildebeest Whether you are dealing with the number of wildebeest on the Serengeti or the number of malaria parasites in the human body, new research shows the same ecological framework determines breeding numbers and population size. New research published today (15 January) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Fellow shows that the same community ecology principles that determine how different animal species on the savannah affect each other's population sizes through competition for food and hunting by predators also affect parasite species interacting within the microcosm of a single host. ...> Full Article