Life is crazy awesome, marvels hidden all around waiting to be discovered. How fascinating it is to find out that a microorganism residing in flies and insects can fend off other viruses from the host and it can even alter reproductive success of the host species in a way that is beneficial for it to thrive. That microorganism is a bacteria called Wolbachia. Now this little fella could be a potential weapon against the Zika outbreak, here is the NY Times article by awesome science reporter Carl Zimmer.
[Oct 12, 2016] Another article about a virus present in Wolbachia and its wonders.
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/10/the-virus-with-spider-dna/503585/
This one is by another awesome companion of Zimmer in scient reporting Ed Yong.
Ram 