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• A Castrating, Penis-Shrinking Parasite - Scicurious, Neurotic Physiology
• Urine Test Reveals 'River Blindness' Parasite - Kai Kupferschmidt, Science
• Flies Use Booze to Protect Young From Parasites - Ed Yong, Phenomena
• Could Parasitic Worms Help Treat Obesity? - University of Georgia
• An In-Depth Analysis of a Piece of $%&@ - Ross Pomeroy
• Venomous, Bloodsucking Parasite Is Doting Mother - Ross Pomeroy
• How Parasites Zombify Their Hosts - Carl Zimmer, New York Times
• Birds Use Cigarettes to Keep Mites Away - Roberta Kwok, Conservation Mag
• Wasps Lay Eggs in Wasps that Lay Eggs in Insects - Ed Yong, Discover
• Have Diarrhea? Try Parasitic Worms. - Caroline Parkinson, BBC News
• Parasitic Fungi May Have Anti-Inflammatory Benefits - Science Daily
• Birds Abandon Chicks if They Don't Know Password - Ed Yong, Discover
• The 'Zombie Ant' Fungus Has a Fungus - Katherine Harmon, Scientific Am.
• Arachnid Surprise: A Strange Case of Parasitism - Bug Chicks, SciFri
• Want Food? Squawk the Password. - Zoe Corbyn, Scientific American
• Parasitic Birds: Freeloaders at the Ant Parade - Natalie Angier, NY Times
• Beware the Tapeworm in Your Brain - Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato, SciAm
• Thieving Baby-Killer Bees Welcomed to Family - Elizabeth Preston, FoS
• Common Parasite May Trigger Suicide Attempts - Michigan State Univ.
• Brain-Eating Protists Populate Lakes Everywhere - Robert Gonzalez, io9
• Guinea Worm: 2nd Disease to Be Eradicated? - Roxanne Nelson, SciAm
• Gnarly Parasite Named After Bob Marley - Alan Boyle, MSNBC
• Parasitic Worm: How to Kill Your Uninvited Guest - Keith Veronese, io9
• Parasitic Plants Steal Genes from Their Hosts - Alasdair Wilkins, io9
• More Parasite Diversity Is Good for Frogs - Sarah Zhang, Discover Blogs
• Parasite May Help Cattle Tuberculosis Spread - Richard Black, BBC News
• Hidden Pandemic: Tapeworms in the Brain - Carl Zimmer, Discover
• Old Drug Could Treat Major Parasitic Cause of Death - Science Codex
• Infrared Cameras Track Wolf Infections - Vanessa Gregory, Wired
• Halibut Pierced by 'Projectile Parasite' - Ditte Knudsen, ScienceNordic
• Vampire-Like Plant Sniffs Out Its Victims - Jon Lieff, Science 2.0
• Strange Illness Turns Kids into Violent 'Zombies' - Jason Mick, Daily Tech
• Climate Change Could Bring Chagas Disease to US - Univ. of Vermont
• Parasitic Worm Lives in Reindeer Sinus - Hanne Jakobsen, ScienceNordic
• Overfished Waters Host Tongue-Eating Parasites - Carl Zimmer, Discover
• Pork Tapeworm in Brain Causes Epilepsy - Annette Olsen, ScienceNordic
• Could GM Bacteria Fight Sleeping Sickness? - Michelle Roberts, BBC News
• Can Cat Parasites Change Your Personality? - Kathleen McAuliffe, Atlantic
• Parasites Make Butt Itch, Promote Culture - Ingrid Spilde, ScienceNordic
• Neglected No More: Bill Gates vs. Tropical Diseases - The Economist
• Parasites? 'Jumping DNA' in Fruit Flies - Univ. of Veterinary Med. Vienna
• Parasitic Fly Dooms Bees to Death by Maggots - Erik Stokstad, Science
• Mysterious Syndrome Spreads in Uganda - Curtis Abraham, NewScientist
• Mockingbirds Accept Invaders' Eggs - Veronique Greenwood, Discover
• Brain-Eating Amoeba Linked to Cold Remedy - Natalie Wolchover, LLM
• Parasite Alters Brain Chemistry - University of Leeds
• Infections Possible For Wall St. Protesters - Janelle Vaesa, Decoded Sci.
• Tracing an Elusive Killer Parasite in Peru - University of Pennsylvania
• Deadly Bird Disease Spreads to Europe - Rebecca Morelle, BBC News