We divide parasites into two categories: endoparasites, which live inside the body of their hosts, and ectoparasites, which live and feed on the outside of the body of their host. Examples of ...

2008). Alternatively, parasites can also serve as important sources of prey (Figure 1). For example, predators on islands in the Gulf of California, including lizards, scorpions and spiders ...

Examples of parasites that manipulate the behavior of their hosts are not hard to come by, but scientists have only recently begun to understand how they induce such dramatic changes. Jef Akst was ...

Mindy Weisberger’s book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs, explores the sophisticated—and macabre—relationships between zombifying ...

For example, Molothrus badius doesn't make nests and M ... The Brown-headed cowbird is one of two cowbird species in North America. Both species are brood parasites - they lay their eggs in the nests ...

Super-parasitism by T. radiata, while rare, likely indicates overpopulation, and specifically the loss of production in a mass-rearing system. El parasitismo del los quarto y quinto instares de ninfas ...