When most people think about biodiversity in lakes and rivers, they imagine fish, plants, or perhaps birds and amphibians.

Parasitic weeds extract water and nutrients from their host plants. But what makes these parasites so successful? A study led by Prof Susann Wicke from the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity at ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide, New Zealand's Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland have discovered that more than 80% of parasites detected in kākāpō poo prior ...