Whether working with confinement cattle or non-confinement cattle, pasture management is more important than ever.

Plants and animals typically act as hosts. In most situations, parasites do not kill their hosts. An exception, however, occurs with parasitoids, which blur the line between parasitism and predation.

Despite its gruesome modus operandi, this little creature offers a fascinating glimpse into the complexities of parasitism and adaptation in the animal kingdom. The tongue-eating louse begins as a ...

Schuetz, J. G. Reduced growth but not survival of chicks with altered gape patterns: implications for the evolution of nestling similarity in a parasitic finch. Animal Behaviour 70, 839–848 (2005).

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified venom genes from the endoparasitoid wasp Asobara japonica, which uses ...

They are dominant in the community of floating microscopic animals in the oceans, and also inhabit the microscopic spaces between sediment grains. Parasitic species of copepod are found on almost ...

The ASPCA is temporarily closing to address over 50 chihuahuas that were recovered from a deplorable home in Adams County on ...

Interloper animals that live in ant colonies are known ... the team looked at a cricket ant species Myrmecophilus tetramorii. This brood parasite survives in an ant colony by eating dead insects ...

Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been developed.