Why join groups? Lessons from parasite-manipulated Artemia

'Suicide' of crickets harbouring hairworms: A proteomics investigation

Do Leucochloridium sporocysts manipulate the behaviour of their snail hosts?

*Parasite Rex*

Parasitoid increases survival of its pupae by inducing hosts to fight predators

Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries

Nematomorph parasites drive energy flow through a riparian ecosystem

I mispronounced the Japanese scientist Takuya Sato's name as Takuya Soto. I sincerely regret the error.

Carl Zimmer: Parasite tales: The jewel wasp's zombie slave

Mice infected with low-virulence strains of Toxoplasma gondii lose their innate aversion to cat urine, even after extensive parasite clearance

Increased incidence of traffic accidents in Toxoplasma-infected military drivers and protective effect RhD molecule revealed by a large-scale prospective cohort study

*On the Origin of Species*

私たち人間にとって自由意志や独立は大変重要なものですが、陰に潜む影響力の存在に気付いているでしょうか。サイエンスライターのエド・ヨンが、驚くほど巧みに他の生物を操る寄生生物の薄気味悪い話を面白おかしく語ります。もしかすると私たちの行動も影響を受けているのかも？ 可能性は無視できません。

自殺するコオロギ、ゾンビ化するゴキブリ、その他の寄生生物にまつわる話

Animals often act under the hidden control of parasites that hijack their bodies and minds for the parasite's own benefit. From tapeworms making shrimp gather in bright, flamingo-attracting swarms to wasps turning caterpillars into zombie bodyguards, manipulation is common in nature. Some parasites even alter the behavior of mammals, with one in three people estimated to carry a brain parasite called Toxoplasma. These invisible forces challenge our ideas about free will and the true drivers of behavior in the natural world.

Parasites Rewrite the Rules of Animal—and Human—Behavior

*I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life*

Life is stranger than science fiction

biology

microbiology

science

brain

insects

animals

biodiversity

nanotechnology

TED Stage Talk

エド・ヨン: 自殺するコオロギ、ゾンビ化するゴキブリ、その他の寄生生物にまつわる話