Biology
The nematode genome provides an understanding of the evolution of parasites
Scientists have deciphered the genome of the Pristionchus pacificus nematode, thereby bringing new insights into the evolution of parasites.
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Biology
The genome of the malaria parasite is decoded
A group of scientists from many parts of the world deciphered the parasite's genes, causing 40% of the world's 515 million malaria infections annually.
Biology
Parasitic plants outperform predators in estuarine areas
In a study of free parasitic species at three estuaries on the Pacific coast in California and Baja California, a team of researchers from the University of California,…
Biology
Mushrooms can save bees
One of the biggest threats in the world for honey bees and honeycombs (varroa mite), soon will be plague. Researchers at the University of Warwick are investigating wild…
Biology
The parasite turns the host into a bodyguard
There are many examples of parasites that bring about strange behavior changes for their hosts. For example, trematodes can cause ants, intermediate hosts, to move onto…
Biology
GM crops do not harm beneficial beetles
Genetically modified plants using Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a common soil bacterium, to kill pests will not harm the natural enemies of pests, according to a new stud…
Biology
Advantages of parasitic plants and animals.
The irony is that by damaging parasites sometimes help the host. Scientists have discovered that pollinated wasps, Pleistodontes imperialis and an Australian species (Fi…
Biology
Extreme evolution to avoid extinction
This story about butterflies in Samoa is an example of the fastest natural selection observed so far, and shows that evolution can accelerate when a major threat arises.
Biology
Dangerous and bizarre parasites
An Australian scientist announced that he had found a parasite that increased women's charm, but made men less wise. About 40% of human species are infected with this pa…
Biology
The parasitic world
Eternal love: parasites are still attacked by parasites! Schistosomes cause a terrible disease, bilharziose, which lives in human blood vessels to draw red blood cells.
Animal world
The fish of the cat and the baby lay down, catching tilapia farming
Instead of raising their own children to eat cannibalism from the beginning, a fish seeks to push them away, catching farmed tilapia in their mouths.
Animal world
Horror story is true: what will happen if the parasite leeches in the throat?
Today, the problem of leeches entering the nose, mouth is no longer a rare case. For example, there has been a recent case of leeches
Animal world
The dangerous 'carnivorous' parasite has returned and is more beneficial than before
Few people suspect that parasites
Animal world
Thought barbed wire, turned out to be a creepy creature that many people put on their hair
This video of this strange and horror-looking creature is posted on the social network on August 29 and immediately received the attention of netizens.
Animal world
The worms of the flukes of snail chewed away the human skin
Not only is the invasive species at the top of 100 worst invasive species in the world, snail fluke also causes terrifying infectious diseases.