36 | New Scientist | 2 November 2019
Save our parasites!
Parasites have a terrible reputation, but conserving
them could benefit their hosts and entire ecosystems,
finds Carrie Arnold
Features
Rogues’ gallery: (clockwise from top left) dog
tapeworm, beef tapeworm, dog hookworm and
deer ked all help give parasites a bad nameCLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO (2);DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO; JANNICKE WIIK-NIELSEN/SCIENCE PHOTO