The world’s first lab-based tick feeding system for bush ticks, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, has transformed the study of ticks and how they transmit disease. The novel, ...

Researchers working with Professor Ralf Erdmann at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have discovered a critical vulnerability shared by the pathogens that cause African sleeping sickness, Chagas ...

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Epaulette sharks can produce eggs without any detectable rise in energy use, surprising scientists who expected reproduction to be costly. By monitoring metabolism, oxygen consumption, and hormones, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Chondrichthyan fishes—a group that includes rays, skates, chimaeras, and sharks—are thought to have energy intensive reproduction cycles due in no ...

Epaulette sharks can reproduce without any measurable increase in energy use, stunning researchers who expected egg-laying to be costly. Scientists tracked metabolism, blood, and hormone levels ...

Epaulette sharks reproduce effortlessly, without using much energy. The epaulette sharks, also known as “walking sharks,” do not have a rise in energy use during their reproduction cycle, according to ...

New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs without any measurable rise in energy use. JCU's shark physiology research ...

The aim of this project is to create an environment where protozoa-like entities evolve their behaviours and morphologies in order to survive and reproduce. The simulation takes place in a 2D ...

Vector-borne protozoan diseases, such as malaria, leishmaniasis, and trypanosomiasis, continue to impose a substantial burden on global health. The intricate molecular interplay between hosts and ...

Dr. Paul B. Weisz, a 28-year-old refuges from Austria now serving as assistant professor of biology at Brown University, Providence, R.I., has discovered what may roughly he termed a third ...