“It wasn’t that our psyches were mystically connected; it was that for once, nearly everyone’s daily life and emotional tone ...

Certain parasitic fungi in the genus Ophiocordyceps infect insects and alter their behavior in ways that benefit fungal ...

Parasites have the ability to turn their hosts into zombiese. This creepy infection is part of the parasites survival. Learn more here!

A parasitic wasp castrates its moth larvae hosts by injecting them with a ‘domesticated’ virus that causes cells in the larvae’s testes to die. Now, scientists know exactly how the virus does its ...