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Tapeworm Eggs in a 270 Million-Year-Old Shark Coprolite

Dentzien-Dias, Paula C.; Poinar, George Jr.; de Figueiredo, Ana Emilia Q.; Pacheco, Ana Carolina L.; Horn, Bruno L. D.; Schultz, Cesar L. (Public Library of Science, 2013-01-30)

Remains of parasites in vertebrates are rare from the Mesozoic and Paleozoic. Once most parasites that live in - or pass through - the gastrointestinal tract of vertebrates, fossil feces (coprolites) or even intestinal c ...
Ultraviolet Radiation Influences Perch Selection by a Neotropical Poison-Dart Frog

Kats, Lee B.; Bucciarelli, Gary M.; Schlais, David E.; Blaustein, Andrew R.; Han, Barbara A. (Public Library of Science, 2012-12-12)

Ambient ultraviolet-B radiation can harm amphibian eggs, larvae and adults. However, some amphibians avoid UV-B radiation when given the opportunity. The strawberry poison dart frog, Oophaga pumilio, is diurnal and male ...
Using the functional response of a consumer to predict biotic resistance to invasive prey

Twardochleb, Laura A.; Novak, Mark; Moore, Jonathan W. (Ecological Society of America, 2012-06)

Predators sometimes provide biotic resistance against invasions by nonnative prey. Understanding and predicting the strength of biotic resistance remains a key challenge in invasion biology. A predator's functional respo ...
Vetufebrus ovatus n. gen., n. sp (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) vectored by a streblid bat fly (Diptera: Streblidae) in Dominican amber

Poinar, George O., Jr. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2011-12-07)

Background: Both sexes of bat flies in the families Nycteribiidae and Streblidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) reside in the hair or on the wing membranes of bats and feed on blood. Members of the Nycteribiidae transmit bat ...