The creatures slowly circled the boat several times, and when the photographers got a closer look, they realized the ...

Other parasites, however, have been shown to impact the overall food web. The ectoparasite Sarcoptes scabiei is a mite that causes sarcoptic mange. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, mange ...

My primary research interests are in conservation genetics and wildlife disease. In particular, I am interested in whether or not reduced genetic diversity (that is, increased homozygosity) makes ...

Klein, Annette Zimmermann, Elke Radespiel, Ute Schaarschmidt, Frank Springer, Andrea and Strube, Christina 2018. Ectoparasite communities of small-bodied Malagasy primates: seasonal and ...

Kunstyr 8 described restlessness and scratching as the most important signs indicative of ectoparasite infestation. Consequently, the weak, anemic, and frustrated animals are usually difficult to ...

Mackinnon says an emerging alternative is the human ectoparasite theory. According to that theory, it "wasn't fleas jumping ...