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Ballocephala sphaerospora
This is the second post in a series of blog posts written by students from my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529) class of 2013. This particular post was written by Danielle Mills...
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Apocephalus attophilus
This is the third post in a series of blog posts written by students from my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529) class of 2014. This particular post was written by Jon Schlenert on...
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Culicoides anopheles
This is the fourth post in a series of blog posts written by students from my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529) class of 2014. This particular post was written by Sarah Prammer...
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Sarcocystis cernae
This is the fourth post in a series of blog posts written by students from my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529) class of 2014. This particular post was written by Reece Dalais...
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Ampulex compressa
This is the sixth post in a series of blog posts written by students from my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529) class of 2014. This particular post was written by Holly Cooper...
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Plasmodium falciparum (revisited)
This is the seventh and final post in a series of blog posts written by students from my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529) class of 2014. This particular post was written by...
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Anelasma squalicola (revisited)
A few months ago I wrote a Dispatch for Current Biology about a newly published study on Anelasma squalicola - a parasitic barnacle that infects velvet belly lantern sharks. Unfortunately for most...
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Kudoa islandica
Today's post features a newly described species of parasite, which is found in the muscles of some fish that are not exactly prized for their appearance. Regardless of how they look, these fish are...
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Calyptraeotheres garthi
There are many parasites that castrate their hosts - the parasitic barnacle that feed on the velvet belly lantern shark, the nightmarish Sacculina that takes over the body of a crab and turns it into a...
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Columbicola columbae
You would think that of all living things, parasites would have the least need to move around. After all, it is sitting in its ideal habitat and is already (in a way) surrounded by food. Why would it...
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Leptorhynchoides thecatus
Photo by Scott BauerLife is dangerous for a little crustacean like a freshwater amphipod. There are all kinds of things out there that would like to make a meal out of you, so you would sure want to...
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Oxyspirura petrowi
Photo by USFWS Endangered SpeciesThe Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallindicintus) is a very distinctive bird. During breeding season, the males aggregate to put on an elaborate courtship display...
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Gnathia maxillaris
Today's blog post features a study in which an infestation at an aquarium allowed a group of scientists to work out the life cycle of a common parasite. Now, we are not talking about your lounge room...
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Facts Of Life On Planet Parasite
We've come to the end of yet another year and all that it entails in the field of parasitology. As with last year, we have continued to the feature guest posts by student from the University of New...
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Pennella balaenopterae
Photo of Pennella balaenopterae embedded onthe side of the porpoise's peduncle (from Fig 2 of the paper)Most people usually think of copepods as tiny crustaceans which live as zooplankton near the, and...
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Baylisascaris schroederi
Larva of Baylisascaris procyonis, another parasitic nematode in the same genus as Baylisascaris schroederi. Photo from hereTo say that Giant Pandas are totally adorable is probably one of the least...
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Trichomonas gypaetinii
What does the cause of pigeon canker, today's parasite, and the most common curable sexually transmitted infection in the world have in common? All of them are parasites from the genus Trichomonas. The...
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Gelis agilis
It's a bug-eat-bug world out there and the same applies to parasitic wasps - even parasites can themselves become parasitised - which is why some parasitoids recruit their dying hostas defence. The...
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Crassicauda magna
During this blog's first year back in 2010, we featured a parasitic nematode (roundworm) that lives in the placenta of sperm whales of all places. Today, we're featuring a study on another nematode...
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Emblemasoma erro
During summer the air is filled with the rattling ruckus of cicada songs. Male cicadas produce this summer choir using a pair of noise-making organs located in their abdomen, with the aim of getting...
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