Researchers say Australia is in a unique position to prepare native species for the impacts of the Varroa destructor—a mite ...

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Rafflesia is one of the most bizarre and fascinating plants in the world, known for its massive size and putrid stench. Often called the "corpse flower," it emits a strong odor of rotting flesh to ...

La Trobe University researchers have been studying the novel bacterium Mycosynbacter amalyticus —dubbed "microbial dark ...

Edited by Joseph Kieber, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; received November 27, 2024; accepted January 7, 2025 ...

A perplexing medical case recently detailed in the New England Journal of Medicine has shed light on a rare parasitic infection. In an 11-page case study published on February 12, doctors from ...

Animalogic Hydnora: A Parasite Straight Out of a Sci-fi Movie Posted: February 25, 2025 | Last updated: February 25, 2025 If aliens designed a plant, it would probably look like Hydnora. This ...

We all remember the thunderous success that Parasite was when it came out. It won four Oscars in 2020, including even Best Picture and Best Director for Bong Joon-ho, the Palm d'Or at the Cannes ...

Rat lungworm parasite. Photo / Centres for Disease Control and Prevention A 30-year-old New England woman’s symptoms started with a burning sensation in her feet. Over the following two days ...

Tech mogul Elon Musk reposted a meme on X that called those who benefit from U.S. federal programs the "Parasite Class." The X account @Liberty_Memes created the original meme (archived ...

Researchers have identified two key genes, SbSLT1 and SbSLT2, which help sorghum resist Striga, a parasitic plant responsible for major crop losses, by preventing its germination. Sorghum, or ...

Instead of creating their own energy, they survive by feeding on fungi. This parasitic shift raises an intriguing question: why would a plant abandon its ability to produce food and depend entirely on ...