2022.09.04

Parasites Lost

Body-invading organisms play an outsize role in nature. Do some deserve protection?

CLOSE-UP of a female blood fluke, a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis in humans. Source: David Scharf/Science Source

CLOSE-UP of a female blood fluke, a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis in humans. Source: David Scharf/Science Source

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