The Dilution Effect: Placebo or Panacea?
For a long time, ecologists have asked: why are there so many species? How is it possible that there can be so many species of, for example, phytoplankton that exist […]
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Divide and Conquer! A parasitic worm’s key to survival
You may have already forgotten about Halloween, but the recent discovery of a new social organization of body-snatching parasites might be enough to send shivers down your spine! Trematodes are […]
Emerging Diseases and Wildlife: How Small Changes Can Have Big Consequences
On my walk home from work, I almost always encounter what I affectionately call “trash creatures”: squirrels that pop out of dumpsters carrying slices of pizza or crows pulling apart […]
Redeeming Typhoid Mary
Typhoid Mary – the woman still infamous in our culture for wantonly spreading typhoid fever in the early 1900’s. Newspapers of the time painted her as a villain. However, Mary […]
