A new study by biologists at Mercyhurst University focuses on the influence of climate change, particularly warmer winters, on the survival and potential fecundity of cold-blooded animals.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

A new study offers a detailed look at the status of Lyme disease in Central Illinois and suggests that deer ticks and the Lyme disease bacteria they host are more adaptable to new habitats than previously ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

Stories of environmental damage and their consequences always seem to take place far away and in another country, usually a tropical one with lush rainforests and poison dart frogs.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Feb 25, 2010 5 / 5 (4) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last summer, after returning home from a walk in Madison's Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood, Susan Paskewitz was astonished to find a deer tick crawling up her dog's hind leg. It was the first ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Apr 27, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0