Sleeping sickness by stealth 04 Feb 2013 New research is helping to unveil how the parasite that causes sleeping sickness uses stealth tactics to escape detection by the human immune system. Read more
Natural born killers 07 Sep 2011 Newly hatched chicks of African honeyguide birds bite to death their foster siblings to eliminate competition. Read more
Bird’s eye view of how cuckoos fool their hosts 23 Apr 2010 Using field experiments in Africa and a new computer model that gives them a bird's eye view of the world, Cambridge scientists have discovered how a... Read more
Parasites: the master manipulators 01 Sep 2007 The common view has been that parasitic infections cause disease and must be eliminated. But can we live without them? Read more