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 ...

A PLOS Biology primer discusses how genotype-specific interactions between hosts and parasites maintain genetic diversity ...

Internal parasites exploit host resources and may reduce host fitness and population viability. Parasite prevalence and abundance may be associated with intrinsic factors including sex, age and body ...

In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Plasmodium vivax. However, P. vivax has a unique pathogenic arsenal of its own, ...

A study of 194 invasive Pallas’s squirrels across 22 Hamamatsu sites found patchy, locally occurring ticks, mites and fleas, with higher diversity outside the urban core.

The Egyptian goose, native to Africa, is considered an invasive species of Europe-wide significance. Researchers from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center and Goethe University ...

Newswise — 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 ...

A new study overturns conventional thinking about where parasites flourish. While biodiversity is typically highest near the equator, researchers found that certain trematode parasites are actually ...