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Unfeasibly large gonads…

This post isn’t about the famous Viz character, rather the mind-boggling diversity of nematodes, which I touched on in a previous post. One nematode that beautifully illustrates the bizarre life histories of these animals is Sphaerularia bombi, a parasite of queen bumblebees. Like so many other parasites this little nematode manipulates …

Cryptic goings on…

[featured image] [This post is adapted from a book I’ve just finished, which will be published sometime next year by Thames and Hudson.] Nematodes are typically small animals that to the naked eye look very much alike; however, these creatures are fantastically diverse – at least on a par with …