Beetles infected with parasitic worms put up less of a fight against simulated attacks from predators and rival males, according to a new study. Beetles infected with parasitic worms put up less of a ...
When Cristina Ledón-Rettig first noticed worms in the little balls of poop, she thought something had gone wrong. Ledón-Rettig studies dung beetles, and she breeds one species—the taurus scarab—in her ...