Parasites

2 articles
  • finches parasite_HERO

    Darwin’s Finches Are At It Again

    Darwin’s finches are in trouble. Climate change and globalization have drastically affected their habitats on the Galapagos Islands. In the 1960s, we introduced, most likely through a banana import from Brazil, the fly parasite Philornis downsi. The fly’s larvae infest the finches’ nests, where they enter the nostril cavities of the chicks, first eating the […]
  • Levine_HERO

    Parasites Are Us

    How biological invaders challenge our idea of self and other.