Parasitoid wasps sometimes lay eggs in unsuitable host insects, a behavior that has traditionally been considered accidental.

Predation, herbivory, and parasitism are specific types of antagonistic interactions. In predation, one organism kills and consumes another. Predation provides energy to prolong the life and ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests.

The social parasitism that I address here is restricted to the ants that form mixed species nests and depend on labor provided by the host species workers. These nests typically have two or more ...

She then swallows one of the eggs that’s been laid there and lays one of her own—a behavior known as brood parasitism. Sometimes potential victims revolt. The parents that inhabit the nest may ...

The Caltech scientist was revered for his work on the neurobiology of birdsong and owls’ ability to home in on their prey. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, ...

We are describing and documenting patterns of copepod species to determine how their diversity evolves. Copepods are one of the most abundant forms of life on Earth. They are dominant in the community ...

This data set concerns the possible effects of brood parasitism on the species composition of a songbird community. Your instructor will give you directions about using this file to make figures ...

However, researchers at the University of Tsukuba have discovered that parasitism can still be successful in these cases—if ...