16 Aug 2020

Striving toward malaria eradication: Development of a single drug to kill malaria parasites and the mosquitoes that transmit them.

11 Aug 2020

Jeremy Debrulle discusses (Torchin et al. 2003) and the question of what role do parasites actually play in regulating and stabilising populations?

11 Aug 2020

Studies have shown that some parasites can control their hosts, manipulating their behaviour often to the benefit of the parasites.

10 Aug 2020

Tunan (Nicole) Yu discusses Horwitz and Wilcox (2005) and taking a multi-faceted view towards parasites to manage disease risk.

7 Aug 2020

"How could I have been so naive to think that parasites would not have an intrinsic role to play in every ecosystem considering the fundamentals of...

7 Aug 2020

Parasites have a crucial role in the earth’s ecosystem and are often left out of the climate change conversation. A blog post by Margot Schneider

7 Aug 2020

Why is the Varroa Mite so virulent considering they are completely reliant on their bee hosts for transport, reproduction and as their sole food source?

5 Aug 2020

Students discuss their experiences of parasitology courses at ANU: Parasitology BIOL3142 and Appreciating Parasites: From Molecules to Ecosystems BIOL3210.

5 Aug 2020

"A parasite an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense...

5 Aug 2020

Treatments for human afflictions can be found in the most obscure places and in the strangest creatures.

1 Jul 2020

In this video Dr Alex Maier talks about how a collaboration between ANU and Humboldt University is investigating new interdisciplinary approaches to...

9 Jun 2020

In fiction and popular culture, parasitic characters appear as a metaphor for the threat and spread of disease.