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Colin Purrington<p>Nice patch of dodder (Cuscuta sp.) at the restored meadow in the Crum Woods (Swarthmore College). No flowers yet so species ID is hopeless. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/swarthmore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swarthmore</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/dodder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dodder</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasite</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cuscuta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cuscuta</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/vines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vines</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/convolvulaceae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>convolvulaceae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ricohgriiix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ricohgriiix</span></a></p>
Stefan F. Wirth<p>The <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/firebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firebug</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Pyrrhocoris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pyrrhocoris</span></a> apterus is widespread throughout much of <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Palearctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palearctic</span></a>. Adults and the five nymphal stages tend to <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/aggregate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aggregate</span></a>. They are <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/soildwellers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soildwellers</span></a> and feed on plant <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seeds</span></a>, occasionally also on insect eggs. Some mite species can be on the bugs, with the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mite</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Hemipteroseius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hemipteroseius</span></a> adleri being particularly specialized for it.</p><p>© <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StefanFWirth</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a> 2025</p><p>in my <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> video about a tree (2025)<br><a href="https://youtu.be/wZqDuEFu8Nk?si=0HLyBsc4VjzGKvok" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/wZqDuEFu8Nk?si=0HLyBs</span><span class="invisible">c4VjzGKvok</span></a></p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photo</span></a> </p><p>P. apterus Bln, 2020, new edit 2025 © S. F. Wirth</p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>Solution: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zerotolerance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zerotolerance</span></a> = do not go soft on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/influencers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>influencers</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narcissistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcissistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tourists</span></a> who flout the local <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a>. ⚖️👮‍♂️</p>
Colin Purrington<p>Dodder bursting out of a host stem to flower. They don't usually reside inside other plants so this was worth a pic. Normally they just wrap around another plant and send in root-like haustoria to suck the juices out, like the situation you can see on the left. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cuscuta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cuscuta</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/dodder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dodder</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/convolvulaceae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>convolvulaceae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasite</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a></p>
OpenTech(AUC)<p>As social beings we create value together. </p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> has squeezed itself in between us, has made us dependent on (addicted to) this mediation, and uses it to shape the way we relate to each other to pursue its own interest. </p><p>We need to purge ourselves of this <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/mediation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediation</span></a>, to again freely enjoy each others' digital company.</p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Hunting the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ghostwort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghostwort</span></a> – a bryological Halloween tale<br><a href="https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/39486" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/3</span><span class="invisible">9486</span></a></p><p>"It’s a myco-heterotroph, which means that it can’t make its own food, and instead obtains it from <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a>. In fact, Aneura mirabilis is an epiparasite – it’s <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> on an organism that’s itself a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasite</span></a>! The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ghostwort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghostwort</span></a> gets its food from a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fungus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungus</span></a> called Tulasnella. This fungus in turn forms an ectomycorrhizal association with the roots of nearby <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a>, usually birch"</p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndianGhostPipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianGhostPipe</span></a> - <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MonotropaUniflora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonotropaUniflora</span></a></p><p>Herbaceous, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/perennial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perennial</span></a> flowering plant.</p><p>It can't generate its own chlorophyll &amp; is <a href="https://beige.party/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> - specifically <a href="https://beige.party/tags/mycoheterotroph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mycoheterotroph</span></a>. Its <a href="https://beige.party/tags/symbiotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbiotic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> hosts are in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Russulaceae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russulaceae</span></a> family.</p><p>Through the fungal web of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/mycorrhizae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mycorrhizae</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GhostPipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostPipe</span></a> roots sap food from where the host fungi are connected to the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/photosynthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthetic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a>. Clustered node roots of this plant are covered in hairs called <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cystidium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cystidium</span></a>. The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cystidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cystidia</span></a> found on these roots allow easy attachment to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FungiHyphae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FungiHyphae</span></a>. As it's not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like understories of forests.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cherokee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cherokee</span></a> peoples feature the "pipe plant" in some of their <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CreationStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreationStories</span></a>. The legend states that the plant was named "Indian pipe" due to a group of chiefs quarreling without resolution, while passing a pipe around during the dispute; the Great Spirit then turned the chiefs into the plant, as they should have smoked the sacred pipe after making peace with each other. The plant is said to grow wherever friends have quarreled.</p><p>Native to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> &amp; a few other areas too.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/NotAFungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAFungi</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PlantIdentification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantIdentification</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PlantLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantLovers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ParasiticPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParasiticPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/InterestingPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InterestingPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Wsanec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wsanec</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Saanich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saanich</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnAboutPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnAboutPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StrangeFlowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrangeFlowers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForestPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YYJ</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WildPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativePlants</span></a></p>
CellBioNews<p>Advanced imaging reveals how a <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> 'kiss' alters <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/cell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cell</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/metabolism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metabolism</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/Toxoplasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toxoplasma</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/optical_metabolic_imaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optical_metabolic_imaging</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/apicomplexan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apicomplexan</span></a></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-advanced-imaging-reveals-parasitic-cell.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-07-advanced</span><span class="invisible">-imaging-reveals-parasitic-cell.html</span></a></p>
CellBioNews<p>Why <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/climate_change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate_change</span></a> is making <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diseases</span></a> harder to predict.</p><p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/epidemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epidemology</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/zoonotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zoonotics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-climate-change-is-making-parasitic-diseases-harder-to-predict-229575" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-climat</span><span class="invisible">e-change-is-making-parasitic-diseases-harder-to-predict-229575</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>LOSING HOPE<br>parasitic economy murders the future</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/losinghope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>losinghope</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/nofuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nofuture</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/directaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>directaction</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/takeaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>takeaction</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Licenses like GPL are reciprocative licenses. If you take, you must also give back.</p><p>Licenses like MIT are parasitic licenses. You can take without giving back.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/licenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>licenses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/reciprocative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reciprocative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.es/@ruisan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ruisan</span></a></span> I’d call it a reciprocating license.</p><p>And I’d call licenses where you can take without giving back parasitic licenses.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/licenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>licenses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/reciprocating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reciprocating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a></p>
Giuseppe Michieli<p>Successful <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Treatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treatment</span></a> of Confirmed <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Naegleria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Naegleria</span></a> fowleri Primary Amebic <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Meningoencephalitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meningoencephalitis</span></a>, Emerg Infect Dis.: <a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/4/23-0979_article" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/4</span><span class="invisible">/23-0979_article</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PAM</span></a> caused by Naegleria fowleri is a rare but nearly always fatal <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> infection of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a>. Globally, few survivors have been reported, and the disease has no specific treatment. We report a confirmed case in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a> in a 22-year-old man who survived after aggressive therapy.</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Do <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Lizards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lizards</span></a> Really Have ‘Mite Pockets’? <a href="https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/3/1/do-lizards-really-have-mite-pockets" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tetzoo.com/blog/2024/3/1/do-li</span><span class="invisible">zards-really-have-mite-pockets</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@TetZoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TetZoo</span></a></span> </p><p>"Over 200 modern <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lizard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lizard</span></a> species possess slits, apertures and folds in the skin... these are often inhabited by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> mites... Because the pockets seemingly don’t have a function other than their use by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mites</span></a>, it was proposed back in the 1980s that lizards and mites have co-evolved such that the pockets are specialized mite aggregation sites."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>A secret war between cane <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/toads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toads</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> lungworms is raging across Australia <a href="https://theconversation.com/a-secret-war-between-cane-toads-and-parasitic-lungworms-is-raging-across-australia-223461" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/a-secret-w</span><span class="invisible">ar-between-cane-toads-and-parasitic-lungworms-is-raging-across-australia-223461</span></a> </p><p>A biological invasion modifies the dynamics of a host–<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasite</span></a> arms race <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2403" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/10.1098/rspb.2023.2403</span></a></p><p>"When the first <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CaneToads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaneToads</span></a> were brought from South America to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queensland</span></a> in 1935, many of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lungs</span></a> of at least one of those pioneer toads lurked small nematode <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lungworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lungworms</span></a>."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Finally, a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/malaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malaria</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> is being distributed <a href="https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024/02/02/finally-a-malaria-vaccine-is-being-distributed/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbit</span><span class="invisible">ten/2024/02/02/finally-a-malaria-vaccine-is-being-distributed/</span></a></p><p>"The new, approved <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/MalariaVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MalariaVaccine</span></a> has moved to a national distribution in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cameroon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cameroon</span></a>, marking a small but mighty milestone in control of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a>... many children in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> have already received their boosters from the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/WHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHO</span></a> Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme." </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parasites</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a></p>
Knowledge Zone<p>This Tiny <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasp</span></a> Can Drill Through <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plastic</span></a> : NY Times</p><p>How do <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Models" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Models</span></a> work? : Misc</p><p>When <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Burnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Burnout</span></a> Is a Sign You Should Leave Your <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Job</span></a> : HBR</p><p>Check our latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeLinks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/resources/</span><span class="invisible">bookmarks</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organisms</span></a> that cause visceral <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leishmaniasis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leishmaniasis</span></a>, a potentially deadly version of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> disease that most often affects the skin to cause disfiguring disease, appear to have a secret weapon<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/09/mcb09292302.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2023/09/mcb09292302</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Comprehensive sub-mitochondrial protein map of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/protist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Trypanosoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trypanosoma</span></a> brucei defines critical features of organellar biology <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112472301094X" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S221112472301094X</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/parasitology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/protistology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protistology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mitochondria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mitochondria</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>‘Mind-boggling’ sea creature spotted off Japan has finally been identified<br>Tiny, flittering swimmer wasn’t a worm, a mollusk, or a crustacean. What was it?<br><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/mind-boggling-sea-creature-spotted-japan-has-finally-been-identified" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/mi</span><span class="invisible">nd-boggling-sea-creature-spotted-japan-has-finally-been-identified</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/seacreature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seacreature</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a># flatworms <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/digeneanflukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digeneanflukes</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/kinselection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kinselection</span></a></p>