Parasites Hijack Animal Behavior for a Joyride
Discover the bizarre and horrifying ways tiny organisms take control of their hosts’ minds and bodies for their own survival.
Wild Parasites That Take Over Animal Bodies
Explore the bizarre world of mind-controlling organisms that turn their hosts into puppets for their own survival.
The Grossest Parasite Life Cycles in Bugs
Discover the strange and unsettling ways tiny freeloaders live, breed, and kill inside their insect hosts.
Gross Parasitic Life Cycles Explained
Explore the sneaky and elaborate survival strategies of nature’s most unsettling freeloaders.
The Venus Flytrap Mechanism Explained
Learn how a carnivorous plant uses electrical signals and snap-buckling physics to move faster than the human eye can see.
Disturbing Parasite Life Cycles You Won’t Forget
Learn about nature’s weirdest freeloaders and their horrifyingly clever survival strategies.
The Secrets of Planarian Regeneration
Discover the biological mechanisms that allow a simple flatworm to achieve near-immortality through whole-body regrowth.
Why Parasites Need Multiple Hosts to Party
Explore the strange and strategic reasons behind the multi-stage lives of nature’s most successful freeloaders.
When Insects Hunt Birds: The Reality of Praying Mantis Predation
Discover the unsettling but documented reality of how and why these formidable insects can successfully prey on small birds at backyard feeders.
Awful Parasite Life Cycles We Live With
Learn about the bizarre and horrifying ways parasites like Giardia and Toxoplasma complete their journeys inside and outside the human body.
The Diabolical Ironclad Beetle’s Armor
Learn how one of nature’s toughest insects is providing a blueprint for creating stronger, more resilient materials.
Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis Ants Worst Nightmare
Discover the creepy and clever life cycle of the parasitic fungus that turns ants into mindless puppets for its own reproduction.
When Good Proteins Go Bad: The Strange Science of Prion Disease
Discover the strange science behind infectious proteins that cause incurable brain diseases in animals and humans.
Anatomy of a Wasp’s Lair: The Cicada Killer’s Underground Home
Discover the complete process behind how and why the large cicada killer wasp builds its intricate underground nursery in lawns and gardens.
Do Slugs Feel Pain When Salt Is Poured On Them?
Understand the biological process behind a slug’s deadly reaction to salt and why it’s a poor choice for your garden.
The Parasite That Makes Fish Flash Like Warning Signs
Explore the unsettling science behind the parasite that turns fish into flashing, conspicuous targets for predators.
The Worm That Can Split Into Pieces and Still Escape
Discover a bizarre sea creature that can regenerate from pieces and hunts with a horrifying, extendable harpoon.
Why the Diving Bell Spider Is Nature’s Creepiest Scuba Diver
Explore the science behind the only spider that spends its entire life underwater using a bubble as a personal scuba tank and a web as its home.
The Fish That Changes Sex When the Group Needs It
Explore the incredible process of sex transformation in clownfish, a natural adaptation for survival within their rigid social structure.
Meet the Fork Tailed Drongo: The Feathered Con Artist of the Savanna
Learn about the clever, manipulative bird that fakes predator warnings to snatch meals from its unsuspecting neighbors.
The Fly That Turns Ants Into Living Doorways
Discover the macabre life cycle of a parasitic fly that turns its ant host into a headless nursery for its young.