Scanning electron micrograph of the cercarial body of Curtuteria australis (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae), in ventral view. Source: Haseeb Randhawa & Matthew Downes, University of Otago, used with ...
Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their hosts. Reading time 10 minutes Zombies are real and everywhere we look. Not ...
Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms, fleas, head lice or bed bugs are even mentioned. Coming across such ...