Illustrates how the tapeworm, a parasite, takes over and controls the stickleback fish. Also describes how the fish survives the infestation and how parasites spread.
"Ants are known for being industrious insects. They follow set paths to find food and are often seen walking in a straight line. If you follow them, they'll lead you right back to their nest. When scientists found ants that were walking off course in tropical forests, they knew something was wrong. Readers learn all the latest information about these fascinating zombie ants, including what causes their strange behavior and what threat it poses to their species. Full-color photographs show the deadly end of these ants, and fact boxes offer more details about a rare parasitic phenomenon"--Publisher provided.
Illustrates how the hairworm takes over and controls the grasshopper. Also explains what a parasite is and describes other parasites that infect grasshoppers.
Photographs and text help describe the trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites that live on or in the human body, explaining how the majority of them neither help nor hurt people, but simply coexist, and how a few can be dangerous and sometimes deadly.
A color-illustrated overview of creatures that thrive on the human body, including head lice and nits, body lice, burrowing mites, follicle mites, bacteria and fungi, dust mites, ticks, fleas, and bedbugs.
