Behavior-altering parasites are parasites with two or more hosts, capable of causing changes in the behavior of one of their hosts to enhance their transmission...

reproductive behavior, which involves stinging a cockroach and using it as a host for its larvae. It thus belongs to the entomophagous parasites. The wasp...

which alter their web-building behavior. Instead of producing their normal sticky spiral shaped webs, they made simplified webs when the parasites were...

Online Etymology Dictionary. van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph (1876). Animal parasites and messmates. International scientific series. Vol. 19. London: Henry...

episode, the crew of the Enterprise must find a way to exterminate behavior-altering parasites that have taken over the bodies of residents of a Federation...

resource or shared food item. Instead of fighting or exhibiting aggressive behavior in order to win resources, exploitative competition occurs when resource...

californiensis modifies the behavior of the host to increase the likelihood of transmission to its next host. The parasite's eggs are released in the droppings...

Parasite-stress theory, or pathogen-stress theory, is a theory of human evolution proposing that parasites and diseases encountered by a species shape...

avoid and/or resist the infection by the parasite. Some parasites have evolved to manipulate their host's behavior in order to increase their transmission...

that increases fitness benefits for the parasite. Parasites can affect host behavior in multiple ways by altering host activity, the host's microenvironment...