Invasive toads reduce the parasite burden of native frogs in Australia, but is it doing them any good?
A recent study has shown that the invasive cane toad, Rhinella marina, may reduce lungworm burdens in native Australian frogs.
A recent study has shown that the invasive cane toad, Rhinella marina, may reduce lungworm burdens in native Australian frogs.
A recent study led by Dr Piers Mitchell from Cambridge University’s Division of Biological Anthropology suggests that parasites found in stool samples from a… Read more »
Tuesday 11th November marks Armistice day (also known as Remembrance Day or Poppy Day in the UK), the day in 1918 when on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the… Read more »
Researchers have discovered what they think is the oldest known case of schistosomiasis, dating between 6000 and 6500 years old, having found an egg from the… Read more »
People are suffering severe allergic reactions (including anaphylaxis) to meat products as tick bites cause the human body to mount an immune response against… Read more »
The Chilean forest service, CONAF, are hoping to expand populations of Chilean white owls and Magellanic horned owls in the Valparaíso region in an effort to… Read more »
World Health Day occurs annually on the 7th April to mark the founding of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1948. The WHO aims to utilise World Health Day… Read more »
With the increase in global biodiversity loss comes the search for an understanding of how biodiversity loss will affect people or how conserving biodiversity… Read more »
Infectious diseases are considered to be “emerging” or “re-emerging” if they have increased in incidence in the previous two decades or if they threaten… Read more »