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From swine flu to Ebola, you’ve never seen infectious agents quite like these.

The tick's salivary proteins change daily, so if a victim produces antibodies against today's saliva, they're useless a few days later.

The deadly lure of carnivorous plants has long captivated botanists. Today, researchers still puzzle over the bizarre members of nature’s Little Shop of Horrors.