Social Media Ideas for Parasites

Biologists have catalogued thousands of parasites, but only one is known to functionally replace an organ of its host —...

Cymothoa exigua enters a fish through the gills, severs the blood vessels of its tongue until the organ withers away, then anchors itself in the empty socket and functions as a wor...

Toxoplasma parasite reveals an unusual strategy for surviving crowded environments in infected cells

Toxoplasma gondii, or Toxoplasma, is a parasite that infects hundreds of millions of people around the world. Although cases are often mild, it can cause severe symptoms in people...

Scientists Find Parasites in Virtually All Fish From a Recent Tuna Haul, With 96% Infected

Scientists found parasites in 96% of skipjack tuna from a Brazilian haul. Here's what the research reveals about parasites in tuna and raw fish The post Scientists Find Parasites i...

Hidden Creatures by Dino Martins review the revolting world of parasites and nature books

Hidden Creatures by Dino Martins review the revolting world of parasites and nature books

Scientists Find Parasites in Almost Every Fish From a Recent Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected

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What a Parasite Outbreak Reveals about the Fragility of Ordinary Life

Study analyzes danger of parasites to Bengal tigers in South Asia

A typical roundworm measures roughly 2.7% of the average length of a Bengal tiger or weighs just three-millionths of one percent of the largest of the world’s big cats. Though thes...

Overlooked Foodborne Parasites Caused an Estimated 171 Million Illnesses Worldwide in a Single Year

Learn how parasites that contaminate food pose a major threat around the world, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries.

Scientists Find That 96 Percent of Delicious Tuna Is Infected With Parasitic Worms

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