In something straight out of HBO's hit zombie show The Last of Us, a parasite has been found to be able to control the minds of ants, forcing them to do its bidding. The parasites, called lancet liver ...

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Because of its highly specialized host strategy – the fluke first infects land snails, which graze on cattle feces, then the ant, via an irresistible ball of larval mucous (well, for ants anyway) – ...

Imagine coming-to, jaws gripping the top of a swaying blade of grass, unaware of how you got there. That's the reality for ants infected with the lancet liver fluke, a tiny parasitic flatworm. Liver ...