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A bluestreak cleaner wrasse searching the mouth of a clown sweetlips for parasites, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific

Cuckoo bee (Melecta albifrons) a parasite of solitary bees, searching an old wall for host nests, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

A tiny cleaner shrimp removes parasites from a Black-finned snake eel (Ophichthus cephalozona) on a sandy seafloor in Indonesia. This tropical region, within the Coral Triangle, is home to an incredible variety of marine life.

A Black-finned snake eel (Ophichthus cephalozona) pokes its head out of a sandy seafloor in Indonesia. This tropical region, within the Coral Triangle, is home to an incredible variety of marine life.

A cleaner shrimp searches for parasites on the head of this spotted moray eel, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.

This fish is having its gills cleaned by a cleaner wrasse so it opens wide allowing the fish to come in and feed on parasites, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

A reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi), hovers over a reef where small cleaner wrasse will relieve her of her parasites, Maldives.

Milking bonnet fungus (Mycena galopus) emerging from woodland leaf litter in autumn, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Angels' bonnets mushrooms (Mycena arcangeliana) growing from a rotting log in deciduous woodland, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fly agaric toadstools (Amanita muscaria) growing in grassland, Coate Water Country Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Clump of honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) growing among leaf litter in autumnal deciduous woodland, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fly agaric toadstool (Amanita muscaria) growing in grassland, Coate Water Country Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bonnet mushrooms (Mycena sp.) growing from a rotting treestump in deciduous woodland, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with yellow-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus) looking for parasites, Tsavo, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Bael (Aegle marmelos), used in religious rituals and as an Ayurvedic remedy for diarrhoea, dysentery, intestinal parasites, eye dryness, common cold, and a powerful antidote for chronic constipation, India, Asia

Tanzanian line of buckets waiting to be filled by a slow tap at a water distribution point in kansay, near ngorongoro. They will carry the bucket of water upto 3 miles each way to and from their homes.They And their families suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

Tanzanian woman collecting unsafe and dirty drinking water from a water hole at kansay, near ngorongoro. She will carry the bucket of water 3 miles each way to and from her home. She and her family suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

Tanzanian women collecting unsafe and dirty drinking water from a water hole at kansay, near ngorongoro. They will carry the bucket of water upto 3 miles each way to and from their homes.They And their families suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

Tanzanian woman with unsafe drinking water collected in a bucket from a stream near her home. The water is contaminated with amoebas and other parasites. Kighare, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Tanzanian woman collecting unsafe and dirty drinking water from a water hole at kansay, near ngorongoro. She will carry the bucket of water 3 miles each way to and from her home. She and her family suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

Australian land leech (Gnatbobdellida libbata) feeding on dog's paw, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Insect damage to sandpaper fig leaf (Ficus coronata), Couchy Creek Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Parasite fly or Tachinid fly (Cylindromyia bicolor) feeding on Wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris) umbel flowers, Corsica, France. MORE INFO: Parasite fly or Tachinid fly family Tachinidae, plant family Apiaceae.

Juvenile Whiting (Merlangius merlangius), showing parasite attached to body and swimming with Lions mane Jellyfish, St Abbs, Scotland, UK

Batfish (Species unknown) with fish louse.
Wakatobi, Onemobaa Island, Indonesia
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Adult California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing (note barnacles and whale lice) in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

A bumblebee killed by a conopid fly which ambushes the bee, pierces the exoskeleton and lays an egg in its abdomen

Juvenile Whiting (Merlangius merlangius), showing parasite attached to body and swimming with Lions mane Jellyfish, St Abbs, Scotland, UK

Manta birostris and remora. Remora covered in small parasites, possibly offspring of adult remora. Ecuador

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf surfacing in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Juvenile Whiting (Merlangius merlangius), showing parasite attached to body and swimming with Lions mane Jellyfish, St Abbs, Scotland, UK

A false clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris, with a parasitic isopod, Cymathoa exigua, inside its mouth, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Most are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods.

Symbiotic behaviour Symbiosis of jewel perch vermillion seabass (Cephalopholis miniata) lies at cleaning stationwith mouth wide open showing teeth rows of teeth motionless in coral reef lets cleaner wrasse bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) rid itself of parasites, Indian Ocean, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Africa

Symbiotic behaviour Symbiosis of giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) with open mouth looks directly at observer lets cleaner wrasse bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) rid itself of parasites, Indian Ocean, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Africa

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana collect dust samples from the living rooms and bedrooms of children in Accra, Ghana. The samples will be analyzed for the presence of dust mites, fungus', and animal allergens to help researchers better understand why children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana perform basic skin prick tests on school children in Accra, Ghana to test for sensitivities to dog, cat, dust mites, grass pollen, peanuts, and cockroach allergens. The results have shown that children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana perform basic skin prick tests on school children in Accra, Ghana to test for sensitivities to dog, cat, dust mites, grass pollen, peanuts, and cockroach allergens. The results have shown that children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana collect dust samples from the living rooms and bedrooms of children in Accra, Ghana. The samples will be analyzed for the presence of dust mites, fungus', and animal allergens to help researchers better understand why children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Research assistants and technicians from the University of Ghana collect dust samples from the living rooms and bedrooms of children in Accra, Ghana. The samples will be analyzed for the presence of dust mites, fungus', and animal allergens to help researchers better understand why children in wealthier homes have higher rates of allergies and asthma than poorer children. The leading theory is that higher rates of helminth (parasite) infections among poorer children are affecting the immune system in a way that offers protection from allergies and asthma. The study aims to find out what the worms are doing, isolate the beneficial effect and replicate it.

Micronesia, Yap, Banded box shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) on nose of Giant moray eel (Gymnothorax breedeni)

The strings hanging off the dorsal fin of this Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) are parasitic copepods. Photographed just breaking the surface off Guadalupe Island, Mexico

A Slender Spongegoby (Phyllogobius platycephalops) and two different species of crabs. Attached to the goby are several parasites with egg cases, that will likely prove fatal over time. Many species live on the convuluted surface of this sponge, Philippin

While a Hawaii Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) searches for parasites in its mouth, a Reef Manta Ray (Mobula (formerly Manta) alfredi) hovers over a reef cleaning station off the Kona Coast, the Big Island, Hawaii, USA during the summer. This par