Thought this was interesting to actually see happening. Thi video isn't the greatest quality unfortunatly. http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/01/malaria-caught-breaking-and-

Earliest evidence of fungus that takes over ants' behaviour for its own ends found by scientists

The oldest evidence of a fungus that turns ants into zombies and makes them stagger to their death has been uncovered by scientists.

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June 23 - Bucephalus haimeanus


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I would have got around to covering these guys at some point, but now all I need do is point you all to the endearingly enthusiastic EchinoBlog, and the entry When Fish Live in your Cloaca & How Anal Teeth are Important!All about the various symbiotic and sometimes parasitic relationships between sea cucumbers and the fish that live in their ( Read more... )

I've talked about Sacculina before - it's a popular animal amongst parasite fans, what with it being more like a fungus/cancer than a barnacle, and the way it castrates and feminises its crab hosts.

But now, thanks to the Daily Parasite blog, I've learnt about Anelasma squalicola, another rhizocephalan barnacle that parasitises and castrates a ( Read more... )

First the frogs, then the bees, now bats are being wiped out by a disease as well. Very sad ( Read more... )

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A rather fascinating page on parasites.

ETA HURRRR, I posted the 1,337th entry!

I've read wtf_nature almost since it began, but I've never made a new post before.

There's nothing I love more in nature than an animal that goes a completely different route than the rest of its group, and one of my top favorite animal groups, the Diptera, have quite a few surprising deviants. Case in point, the various species whose unusual ( Read more... )

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You may also know them from the famous caterpillar fungus tea.