symbiosis

Designer corals shine a bright light on the future of coral reefs

Coral reefs are in rapid decline due to climate change, which causes marine heat waves. We cultured the microalgae that live inside the coral tissue under high...

The Trojan mosquito: an in-house parasite defends against malaria

Malaria is a life-threatening tropical disease globally spreading out, and scientists have been seeking an effective way to control its prevalence. Here, we...

How did ant-plant interactions evolve?

Ants and plants rely on each other for food, defense and shelter. But how did these complex interactions evolve in the first place?

The intimate relationships between seeds and fungi

More often than previously thought, fungi are able to infect seeds…what are the consequences? Seeds of tropical trees interact with a wide variety of fungal...

Algae Living in Salamanders, Friend or foe?

Yellow spotted salamanders are generous hosts to their stressed out green algal guests.

Symbiogenesis: how algae and bacteria shaped new genes together