Using heatmaps, CU Boulder researchers find that certain parasites congregate in certain parts of amphibians’ bodies, often to dire physical consequences Trematodes, also known as flukes, are a class ...

When most people think about biodiversity in lakes and rivers, they imagine fish, plants, or perhaps birds and amphibians.

For decades, scientists have observed a clear pattern across the natural world: biodiversity tends to be higher near the equator and lower toward the poles. Known as the latitudinal diversity gradient ...

Warming temperatures in one part of the world seem to have driven down the parasite population, suggesting another unexpected way that climate change harms ecosystems. By Rachel Nuwer Most people ...

If a goat and a hippo walk into a watering hole on the savanna, they could end up sharing a lot more than just a drink. Intestinal parasites, transmitted through water and food, can inflict damage ...