Why do parasites harm their hosts? That's a question evolutionary biologists ask as they try to predict how a parasite might ...

Climate shapes how ants and parasite interact, fight, and evolve as temperature and humidity drive behavior and genetic ...

Meet Dr. Anna Phillips, a zoologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Did you know that parasites are some of the most abundant members of ecosystems? They make up as much as 60 ...

As climate change profoundly alters ecosystems in North America, a small parasite is wreaking havoc: the winter tick. This ...